54 GROUSE AND WILD TURKEYS OF UNITED STATES. 



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Kentucky, oarly almndunce of grouse 12 



Lacey Act, game protectiou 12 



Lagopus lar/opiis 44-4<> 



leucunis 47—18 



Iii/irstri.s 46-47 



Laws protecting game 12,29,47 



Lesser prairie hen, abundance, distribution, and food habits 19-20 



Locusts destroyed liy grouse and turkeys 14,50 



Marybxnd. trapping turkeys 48 



Mast, eating by grouse and wild turkeys 31,52 



Blelear/ris oallopavo 48-52 



Minnesota, grouse, destruction,- 28 



New England, destruction of turkeys 48 



North Carolina, turkey hunting 49 



Oats, destruction by grouse : 17,20,22,24,43 



Partridge. Hce Bobwhite and Ruffed grouse. 



Pediocetes phasianeUus 20-23 



Pheasant. See Ruffed grouse. 



I'lants eaten by grouse, list 35 



Poisonous plants, effect of eating on tiesh of grouse . 34,35.36 



Prairie hen, breeding habits, migration, description, distribution 10,20 



domestication , 13 



enemies 13 



food for man. use 10-11 



grain food 17 



habits 13-18 



of young 18 



insect food 14—15 



leaves, flowers, and shoots as food 17-18 



Lesser, distribution and habits 19-20 



man's ally 1_ 11 



object of sport 11 



propagation and preservation 11-13 



vegetable food 15-18 



Ptarmigan, Rock, distribution, value, and general habit.; 46-47 



White-tailed, distribution and general habits 47—48 



Willow, distribution, habits, and use as food for man 44-46 



Quail. .Sec Bobwhite. 



Restocking, grouse and turkey, importance 9 



Rock ptarmigan, distribution, value, habits 46-47 



food for man, use 46 



habits 46-47 



Ruffed grouse, aesthetic value 27 



breeding habits 26-27 



buds and leaves as food 32-35 



color differences 25 



description, general habits, food, etc 25-38 



distribution 25 



domestication, problem 29 



drunmiing Habits 26-27 



enemies 28 



food for man. use 28 



habits 29-38 



of young 38 



fruit food 35-38 



insect food 29-31 



note 27 



object of sport 28 



preservation and propagation 28-29 



vegetable food 31-38 



Sage grouse, breeding habits and food habits 23-25 



distribution 23 



domestication 25 



food for man, use 25 



habits 24-25 



propagation . ,_„ , 25 



