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elevated,' and it gives three Families in that 

 Order, the Bob-Whites, Grouse, and Turkeys." 



"That's sensible enough," said Bull, "I can see 

 that. They're all the same in a way an' they're 

 all different, too." 



''After the Order and Family comes the 

 Genus," Shan went on. "The book says again 

 that 'birds in a genus resemble each other in exter- 

 nal characters.' " 



"0' course they do," continued Bull, "Turkeys 

 is Turkeys." 



Shan turned over the pages. 



"That's all right," he said, "all Turkeys belong 

 to the same genus, but all Grouse don't. There's 

 Partridges, Ptarmigan, and Prairie Chicken, as 

 well as Ruffed and Sharp-tailed Grouse. Heath 

 Hen seems to be in the same genus as Prairie 

 Chicken." 



The pot-hunter turned this over in his mind. 



"I don't know much about Prairie Chicken," he 

 said, "never havin' been west 0' the Mississippi. 

 I've seen Ruffed Grouse a few times, but T ain't 

 never run across no Partridge or Ptarmigan. I 

 think I saw a Heath Hen once when I was a kid. 

 Sort 0' brown an' white streaked bird, it was, as 

 I remember, somethin' like a brown Plymouth 



