AVKS 91 



r.AM.INAi:. I'll ASI A.M. 



TKTHAONlDAi;. 



Dense fir ami spruce woods; nests on the frrotnid. 



Me." — rnconiinon lv.^i(ll•llt in nonlicni t't)rc,>ts. Kjipjs, May. 



N. 11. — I'nconnnon resident in nortliern ]tart. and above iiUOO 

 ft. in White Mts. south to Mt. Passaconaway. E<;j;s, hite May. 



\'t. — Unconinion resident in norihiM-ninost part (N'ictoria). 



Mass. — Aeeidental visitor: (iloucester, Sept. 1851; Roxhiiry 

 Nov. about 1S65. 



171. HoNA.sA iMBF.u.rs (Linu^) Stephens. 



Ruffed grouse; Birch partridge ; Partridge; Pheasant. 



Tctrao umheUus Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 1:2, 17('><», vol. 1, |>. 27.3. 

 "i\ Pf.xsvlvania." Au(hil)on. Birds of Anier.. 1S42, vol. 5, 

 p. 7;!. pi. L'»)3. EnrjT, Bendire, 1892, vol. 1 , pi. 2, fig. 1 . 



Woods and thitkets; nests on the ground. 



Vt. — Nearly typical l)ir<ls rarely found in south part; resident. 

 Mass. — Unconinion resident. Eggs, April 27-Junc 2. 

 R. I. — Common in northern and western ])arts. Eggs, May S- 

 19. 

 Coxx. — Coinmoii resilient. Eggs, A|)ril 21-May 20. 



17.'. lioxASA lmhelias tog-Vta (Linn^') Kidgway. 

 Canadian ruffed grouse; Partridge; Pheasant. 



Kidgway, Manual Nn. Anirr. birds. 1SS7, |i. l!»N. Egg, Bi'iidirc, 

 1S92, vol. 1, pi. 2, fig. 2. 



Tctran iixjntus Linn^', Syst. nat., ed. 12, 17(1(1, viil. 1, p. 275. 

 "Caxai.v." 



Woods and thickets; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Common resident. l''ggs. April 27-May 2."). 



N. II. — Common resident up (<> tre*- limit ttn mountains. 



Vt. — Common resident. 



