a.ves. 225 



Pedioecetes phasi wi.i .i.i - campestris Ridgway. 

 Prairie sharp-tailed grouse. 



Ridgway, Proc. biol. soc. Washington, L884, vol. 2, p. '.):■!. "Illinois, 

 ami.. Rosebud Creek, Montana Tebb." 



Tebrao phasianellus Linne. Audubon, Birds oi Ajner., L842, vol. •">, 

 p. 110. pi. 298 Egg, Bendire, L892, vol. 1. pi. ::. figs. 9, LO. 



Woods ami thicket-; nests on the ground. 



Mass. U nsuccessfully introduced a< Springfield, ls ( .i2. 



COTUBNIX COTUBNIX (Linne) Lichtenstein. 



European quail; Migratory quail. 



Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. birds British mus., 1893, vol. 22, p. 235. 

 Tetrao cotur nix Linne, Syst. nut., ed. 10, 175S. vol. 1, p. 161. "EuROPA, 

 Asi v. Ai RIC \." 



Coturnix communis Bonnaterre. Dresser. Birds of Europe, 1871-81, 

 vol. 7. pi. [170]. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 277. pi. r,\), figs. I. :;. 



Meadows and fields; nests on the ground. 



Me.— Introduced unsuccessfully in 1SS0; 2000 liberated, but failed to 

 establish themselves. Nest at Falmouth, June. 



V*T.— Unsuccessfully introduced at Rutland, June, 1S77. 



M \ss. Unsuccessfully introduced at various places (No. Falmouth, 

 Springfield, Wareham) between 1870 and 1890. 



Co.w. Unsuccessfully introduced: Lakeville, 1878. 



Perdix pebdix (Lionel. 



European partridge ; Hungarian partridge ; Partridge. 

 Tetrao perdix I.inne, Syst. nat., ed. 10. 1758, vol. 1, p. 166. "in Euro- 



PAE AOBIS." 



Per<li.r cinerea Latham. Dresser, Birds of Europe, 1871-81, vol. 7. p. 

 [131], pis. [471. 475]. 



Open country and thickets; nests on the ground. 

 Conn. — Introduced in 1908. 



I'll \sian US ' in, (inns I.inne. 



English pheasant ; Pheasant. 



Linne. Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. I, p. 158. "Afbn \..\si\." Ogilvie- 

 Grant, ('at. bird.- British mus., 1893, vol. 22, p. 321. Dresser, Birds of 

 Europe, L871 81, vol. 7. pi. [469]. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 27."., pi. 59, 

 fie. 9. 



