ISBN: 9781459027428

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1910. Not illustrat… Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1910. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... a hawk in the sky. When at last we walked away, leaving the family alone, she also walked off into the alder bushes. The wings and a few breast feathers of this mother bird were white, but the rest of her plumage was black and tawny, much like that of a female spruce grouse. Of this species at Ungava, in Labrador, Mr. L. M. Turner says: In the spring these birds repair, as the snow melts, to the lower grounds and prepare for the nuptial season. About the 10th of April they may be heard croaking or barking on all sides. A male selects a favorable tract of territory for the location of the nest, and endeavors to induce a female to resort to that place. He usually selects the highest portion of the tract, whence he launches into the air, uttering a barking sound of nearly a dozen separate notes, thence sails or flutters in a circle to alight at the place whence he started, or to alight on another high place, from which he repeats the act while flying to his former place. Immediately on alighting he utters a sound similar to the Indian word, chu-xwan (what is it?), and repeats it several times, and in the course of a few minutes again launches in the air. Early in the morning hundreds of these birds may be heard, continuing until nearly eleven o''clock, when the bird then becomes silent until after three o''clock, when he again goes through the same performance, though with less vigor than in the morning. In the course of a few days a female may be found in the vicinity. The actions of the male are now redoubled, and woe be to any bird of his kind which attempts to even cross his chosen locality. Battles ensue which for fierceness are seldom equaled by birds of larger size. In the vicinity of Fort Chimo the nesting of this species begins during the latter part of Ma... George Bird Grinnell, Books, Sports and Fitness, American Game-bird Shooting Books>Sports and Fitness This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Forest and stream publishing company in 1910 in 696 pages; Subjects: Game and game-birds; Hunting; Fowling; Nature / Birds & Birdwatching; Sports & Recreation / General; Sports & Recreation / Hunting;<

ISBN: 9781459027428

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1910. Not illustrat… Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1910. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... a hawk in the sky. When at last we walked away, leaving the family alone, she also walked off into the alder bushes. The wings and a few breast feathers of this mother bird were white, but the rest of her plumage was black and tawny, much like that of a female spruce grouse. Of this species at Ungava, in Labrador, Mr. L. M. Turner says: In the spring these birds repair, as the snow melts, to the lower grounds and prepare for the nuptial season. About the 10th of April they may be heard croaking or barking on all sides. A male selects a favorable tract of territory for the location of the nest, and endeavors to induce a female to resort to that place. He usually selects the highest portion of the tract, whence he launches into the air, uttering a barking sound of nearly a dozen separate notes, thence sails or flutters in a circle to alight at the place whence he started, or to alight on another high place, from which he repeats the act while flying to his former place. Immediately on alighting he utters a sound similar to the Indian word, chu-xwan (what is it?), and repeats it several times, and in the course of a few minutes again launches in the air. Early in the morning hundreds of these birds may be heard, continuing until nearly eleven o''clock, when the bird then becomes silent until after three o''clock, when he again goes through the same performance, though with less vigor than in the morning. In the course of a few days a female may be found in the vicinity. The actions of the male are now redoubled, and woe be to any bird of his kind which attempts to even cross his chosen locality. Battles ensue which for fierceness are seldom equaled by birds of larger size. In the vicinity of Fort Chimo the nesting of this species begins during the latter part of Ma... George Bird Grinnell, Books, Sports and Fitness, American Game-bird Shooting Books>Sports and Fitness, General Books LLC<