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Boundory of Former Ronge 

 Records Since 1925 

 Records 1900" 1925 



FIGURE 2. DISTRIBUTION OF RECENT RECORDS OF RUFFED GROUSE OVER ITS FORMER RANGE IN 

 THE NORTH-CENTRAL AND MID-WESTERN STATES 



present. In the East, various of man's land use operations have forced the birds to retreat 

 somewhat to the higher mountains in Virginia and the southern Appalachians. In the North 

 there is no reason to believe its distribution has undergone any important change. Since it is 

 a species of sub-climax associations and is not intolerant of man's activities, so long as suit- 



