Bonasa umbellus togata. Bethel, Maine. Hen Partridge with young. 1903 June 4 In the woods below the Doctor's house we came upon a fe- nale Partridge with young about as big as newly hatched chickens, seeing her in nearly the same place both yesterday and this after- noon. On the first occasion the chicks ran a few paces and then separated and squatted as usual, but contrary to their usual cus- had tom they kept up an incessant peeping after they^ concealed them- selves. The mother crawled close about us whining like a puppy as long as we stood close to her young, but when we walked on a few paces (not over ten yards) she ran at once to the spot where the chicks were hidden and began calling them with the peculiar harsh crut, crut, crar-r-r-r cry. We thought they joined her but the ferns were so thick that we could see only the old bird. We did not see the chicks at all this afternoon nor did they peep. The her bird started out from a thicket on one side of the path and circled around us whining. She was a gray bird and looked like a typical togata.