AVEs. 225 



Pedioecetes PHAStANEi.Lt's CAMPEsTRis Ritlgway. 



Prairie sharp-tailed grouse. 

 UitlK^vay, I'roc. I>ii)l. soc. \\ asliiiijiton, isM, veil. J, p. '.M. "Illinois, 



AND. . . .Ro.SElUD ChKEK, Mo.NTANA TkUH." 



Telrao phasianellu:< Linnc''. Audubon, Birds of Amcr., 1S42, vol. 5, 

 p. 1 10, pi. 29S Kgg. Boiulire, 1892, vol. 1, i.l. :\. fins. !». 10. 

 Wootl.s aiitl (hickct.s; nosts on iho proviml. 

 Ma.-^s. — riistirpcssfiilly iiitri)cltirt'<l at Springfiekl, 1892. 



CoTUR.vix coTUHNi.x (Liiuid) Liclitenstein. 

 European quail; Migratory quail. 



OKilvie-Grant, Cat. bird-s British nius.. 1S93, vol. 22, p. 235. 



Tetrao cotumix Linn^, Syst. nat.. fd. 10, 1758, vol. 1. p. 101. "Europa, 

 A.siA, .Vkrica." 



Cotumix communis Bonnaterre. I)re.sscr, Birds of Europe, 1871-81, 

 vol. 7, pi. [470]. Egg, Secbohni, 1896, p. 277, pi. 59, figs. 1, 3. 



Meadows and fields; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Introduced unsuccessfully in 1880; 2()00 liberated, but failed to 

 e.stablLsh themselves. Nest at Eahnouth, June. 



Vt. — Unsucces-sfuIIy introduced at Rutland, June, 1877. 



Ma.ss. — rnsuccessfuily introduced at various places (\o. Falmouth, 

 Springfield, Wareham) between 1870 antl 1890. 



Conn. — Unsuccessfully introduced : Lakeville, 1878. 



Perdix perdix (Linn<^). 



European partridge ; Hungarian partridge; Partridge. 

 Tetrao perdix Linn6, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. HiO. "in Euro- 



PAE AORIS." 



Ihnrdix cinerea Latham. Dresser, Birds of Europe, 1871-M, vol. 7, p. 

 [131], pis. [474, 475]. 



Open country and thicket.«; nests on the ground. 

 Conn. — Introduci'd in 1908. 



Phasianus COLCHICU8 Linu^. 



English pheasant ; Pheasant. 



Linn^, Syst. nat., ed. Id, 1758, vol. 1, p. 1.58. " Akhk a, .\.sia.' Ogilvie- 

 Grant, Cat. birds British inus.. 1893, vol. 22, p. 321. I)re.s.ser, Birds of 

 Europe, 1871-81, vol. 7, pi. [469]. Egg, Scebohm, 1896, p. 275, pi. 59, 

 fig. 9. 



