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Show lltiw Illrrf Act In a Fog. Rooks and partridges do not seem to alter al-ter their habits in the fog so much ns othet birds that seel- their living in the open country. I'artridgesare, if anything, wilder wild-er than ever; and if the rooks keep nearer home than usual they by no means refuse to y; their wings miiko a gxd deal of noise in tiie silence of the fog, and oftec tin.' first notice of their presence is the flapping flap-ping of the damp wings as they make oil nth leu ly from the unwelcome presence of niati. )nt nil other wild birds keep still ami moping tilt the darkness goes. Spectator, |