. Ornitologia americana, per la casa e la scuola. irds dall'uovo, li ha tenuti vivi e ha themlay per lui l'anno seguente. Speriamo in un numero futuro di avere Dr.Hodge raccontare la domestication del grouse, ma siamo particolarmente lieti in questo momento per mostrarvi questa prova fotografica di come un partridgereally fa il tamburo, a causa delle tante storie contrastanti che sono stati beccolati. Quando ho descritto la mia esperienza con il drumming Grouse in theBird Magazine diversi anni fa, sono stato sorpreso per i numerosi criti-cismi che ho ricevuto da varie persone che si styling come cacciatori
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. American ornithology, for home and school . irds from the egg, kept them alive and had themlay for him the following year. We hope in a future number to have Dr.Hodge tell you about the domestication of the grouse, but we are especiallyglad at this time to show you this photographic proof of how a partridgereally does drum, because of the very many conflicting stories that have beencirculated. When I described my experience with drumming grouse in theBird Magazine several years ago, I was surprised at the numerous criti-cisms that I received from various persons styling themselves as hunters, sportsmen or observers of Nature. Most of these were positive that thebird either struck the wings together over the back or else pounded on thelog. One of the latest and most ridiculous explanations, accompanied bynumerous fake pictures, was that the drumming of a grouse was performedwithout wing motion, the sound being produced in the throat. The follow-ing pictures and observations readily explode any such ideas. AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 99. Photo by C. A. Reed.Ruffed Grouse. (This is the same bird that is figured in the following drumming pictures). DRUMMING OF THE RUFFED GROUSE. .V...V...V. .A. , d. By C. F. Hodge. The day was April 14, when my. grouse eoek first drummed for me. I hadraised him from an egg taken from the woods the May before; and when hebegan to strut and show off his fine new feathers in September, I thoughthe ought to begin to drum any minute and told him so in so many words. Ikept on telling him so nearly every day for all the intervening months, buthe would just feed out of my hand and strut and look at me as much as tosay: Ill drum all right, when I get good and ready. On the above date hope and patience had about given out. I went to thecage to see him about it at five oclock in the morning, and there he waswasting his time, as usual, strutting around before his favorite little hen.Ill just take her away from you and see if youll have sense enough todru
