Bonasa umbellus togata. Lake Umbagog, Me. Sept. & Oct. 1893. Bonasa togata Oct. 13 of the Breast while I Feb 2 / Orchard on the 6 to r again a clay is produced partly by the vowel from its wing stroke and partly by the violent molecular action of the pectoral muscles, thus my old theory as to the drumming of the Partridge is again confirmed in every detail. I had the curiosity however, to ask each of my three men to watch this bird through the glass & give me their impressions. All returned fully convinced that the bird struck only the air, John had never seen a Partridge drum before, Charles F. Miller had heard several cock, so the former thought that the wings strike the log while this was perfectly position that they threw the breast. Of course neither had had any thing like such a favorable opportunity before this conversation especially pleased Left like a shot for the truth. I have tried the roads & paths from Tyler down to Shepard River, then up alongside with the river in some of the most quiet beauty paths to mine bridge, then home by Shepard, and in the whole round fired one shot, picked up one bird. Verily this world is growing old. Dana Tebbetts Charles W. Chapman.