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The Jungle Fowls of India, the common cock and hen, 

 the Turkeys, the Peacocks, the Pheasants, etc., belong to 

 one great family the Phasianidse. 



The Grouse or Tetraonidae are gallinaceous birds which 

 have the nasal fossse filled and covered with feathers, the 

 tarsi more or less feathered, and the toes pectinated along 

 their edges. The Prairie Chicken, the Ruffed Grouse, 

 the Sage Cock, and Spruce Partridge are among our most 

 interesting species. Here also belong the Ptarmigans of 

 the cold northern regions. 



The Kuffed Grouse, or "Partridge," of the United 



FIG. 219. 



Ruffed Grouse, Bonasa urnbellus, Stephens. 



States is about eighteen inches long, and the color is 

 reddish-brown or gray above, the back with spots of 



