LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN XOUTII AMERICA. 

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NO. 



241 (:;ni,/) /..I'/njmx A/./oy///.s- itf/i'iii. Smix. Allen's Ptarmigan. 



A race peculiar to Newfoundland; differs in having the shafts of the 

 secondaries black. 



242 ( Ii'i>) LAGOPUS RUPESTR1S. (GMi.i..) Rock Ptarmigan. 



Arctic America, from southern Labrador to Alaska, Anticosti. 



243 (."iHi'i/) /.iH/iijiiix rHjH'xtrix ri'infnirdti. (BinaiM.) Heinhardt's Ptarmigan. 



A race inhabiting northern Labrador and Greenland; the female has 

 the greater portion of the back, black, in summer; the male has the 

 barring on the upper parts finer and more uneven. 



244 (:w:l) LAGOPUS WELCHI. Buicws. Welch's Ptarmigan. 



Peculiar to Newfoundland. 



GKXI-S TYMPANUCHUS. GLOGEK. 



245 (.}<>:) TYMPANUCHUS AMERICANUS. (REicii.) Prairie Hen. 



Prairies of Mississippi Valley, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, 

 Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri; north and west to Manitoba, 

 Dakotah, and Indian Territory; south to southwestern Louisiana, 

 and Texas, where it is replaced by a paler and smaller race called 

 T. a. atlti'oteri. 



246 (.W,) TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO. (Lixx.) Heath Hen. 



Island of Martha's Vineyard, Mass. ; once abundant, now nearly 

 extinct ; resembles the Prairie Hen, but may be distinguished by 

 its barred <i.rHlnrs, scapulars broadly tipped with buff, and tufts of 

 feathers on the neck consisting of less than ten feathers. 



GEMS PEDICECETES. BAIRD. 



247 (3086) PEDICECETES PHASIANELLUS CAMPESTRIS. KID<;\V. Prairie 



Sharp-tailed Grouse. 

 \\Ystcrn >pceies, which sometimes occurs in Wisconsin and Illinois. 



FAMILY PHASIANlD/e. Pheasants, Turkeys, etc. 



Subfamily MELEAQRIN>E. Turkeys. 



<ii iroa MELEAGRIS. LINN. 



248 (:.Ki) MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO. LINN. Wild Turkey. 



I'nited States, from Chesapeake Bay to the (Julf coast, and west to the 



plains along wooded river valleys. (A. O. T.) 

 24V (.'lliiu) Mi-li-iHjrix i/n//,i/niri> iisi-i'oli . SCOTT. Florida Turkey. 



Differs in having the white band-- on the primaries broken and uneven, 

 and in being somewhat smaller; also other slight, differences in 

 color; inhabits southern Florida, where the northern Turkey does 

 not occur. 



