224 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



Callipepla gambelii (Nuttall). Cassin and Stephens, Illustr. birds of 

 Calif., Texas, 1853, no. 2, p. 45, pi. 9. Egg, Bendire, 1892, vol. 1, pi. 1, 

 fig. 11-14. 



Bushy growth; nests on the ground. 



Mass. — Unsuccessfully introduced in Berkshire and Bristol Cos. in 

 1893; Martha's Vineyard in 1890; Winchendon in 1891. 



Tetrao urogalltjs Linne. . • 



Capercaillie ; Muscovian black gamecock ; Wood grouse. 



Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 159. " in Europae frigidae 

 pinetis paludosis." Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. birds British mus., 1893, vol. 

 22, p. 62. Dresser, Birds of Europe, 1871-81, vol. 5, pi. [489], p. [490]. 

 Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 274, pi. 59, fig. 11. 



Mountainous forests; nests on the ground. 



Vt. — Introduced about 1897 at Middlebury, Rutland, and elsewhere, 

 unsuccessfully. 



Tympanuchus americanus (Reichenbach) Ridgway. 

 Prairie hen; Prairie chicken. 



Cupidonia americanus Reich., Syst. avium, 1852, p. xxix. No locality. 



Tetrao cupido Linne. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 5, p. 93, 

 pi. 296. Egg, Bendire, 1892, vol. 1, pi. 2, fig. 18-20. 



Grassy prairies; nests On the ground. 



N. H — Unsuccessfully introduced at Blue Mt. Park about 1893. 



Mass. — Unsuccessfully introduced: Barnstable and Berkshire Cos. 

 in the '80's; between Concord and Belmont in 1884 or 1885; Martha's 

 Vineyard, 1902; Naushonld.; Springfield, 1893. 



R. I. — Unsuccessfully introduced about 1897. 



Pedioecetes phasianellus (Linne) Elliot. 

 Sharp tailed grouse. 



Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, No. Amer. birds, 1874, vol. 3, p. 434, pi. 9, 

 fig. 3 (head). 



Tetrao phasianellus Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 160. "Can- 

 ada." 



Pediaecaetes phasianellus (Linne). Elliot, Monogr. of Tetraoninae, 

 1865, pi. 15. Egg, Bendire, 1892, vol. 1, pi. 3, fig. 3-5. 



Thickets and clearings; nests on the ground. 



Vt. — Unsuccessfully introduced about 1897. 



Mass. — Unsuccessfully introduced near Westport about 1892. 



