- THE PINNATED GROUSE. 199 strut and boom and provoke each other, until fierce battles begin, and theyscream and leap from the ground, and grow very excited indeed. The Indian, from his lair, sees all this, and watches the moment whentwo cocks are fighting with fury. He has his gun in his hand, and… … THE TRAIRIE HEN. effect. Indeed, he has killed so many birds in this manner, that they beginto be afraid of coming, and will perch on the trees instead of alighting onthe ground. There was a time when the pinnated grouse was very plentiful indeedin that part of the world. The hunter of Kentucky…
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