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Bonasa umbellus, togata.
Lake Umbagog, Maine.
1888. In the Notch (returning home) saw two Grouse, one a fine
Oct.12. old "drummer" walked deliberately across the road his tail
raised and spread like a fan, his ruffs twitching, shaking
his head as if he were trying to dislocate his neck. When the
horses were within ten feet of him he stopped and stood erect
and still looking like a bunch of withered leaves. After we
passed he began picking at some berries.