i^o.4.] COUES'S ORNITH. BIBLIOGRAPHY TETRAONID^. 823 



1879. Clakk, M. W. Domesticated Ruflfed Grouse [Bonasa urnbellns]. <^ Forest and 

 Stream, xii, May 29, 1879, p. 326. 



1879. C[larke], S. C. Habitat of Shaq)-tailcd Grouse [Pedioecete.s phasianellus 

 columbiauus]. <^ Forest and Stream, xiii, Oct. 9, 1879, p. 705. 



1879. Crkighton, R. J. ExpoitaHon of Quail [i. c, Cupidonia cupido]. <^Fo7-e8t 

 and Stream, xii, Mar. i:?, 1879, p. 120. 

 History of tht> lot of Pinnated ( rionsfi shippod from Kansas to Now Zealand. 



1879. "Dingo." Pinnated Grouse [Cupidonia eupido] for New Zealand. <^Forest 



and Stream, xii, Feb. i:i, 1H79, p. :?1. 

 Notice of .1 shipment of 28 birds of this species fortCew 2realand. 

 1879. DUTTOX, J. W. Drumming of tho Canada Grouse [Canace canadensis]. <CFor- 



est and ^.Veon?, xiii, Nov. 20, 1879, p. 827. 

 1879. [Grinnei.l, G. B.] Not Pinnated Grouse [Cni>idonia cupido]. <^ Forent and 



Stream, xi, .Jan. •»., 1H79, p. 440. 

 Editorial remarks replying to statement of a correspondent that "prairie chickens" are 



found in Nevada, pointing out the fact that evidence of the occurrence of Cupidonia cupido 



80 far west is still wanting. 



1879. [Grinxell, G. B.] Grouse [Cupidonia cupido] For New Zealand. <^ Forest 



and Stream, xii, Mar. U, 1879, p. 119. 

 1879. [Grinxell, G.B.] Drumming of the Spruce Partridge [Canace canadensis]. 



<| Forest and Stream, xiii, Sept. 11, 1879, p. 625. 

 1879. Hardy, M. Notes on the Habits of the Ritffed Grouse [Bonasa umbellus]. 



<^ The Temperance TerfeWc (newspaper of Terrell, Texas), Dec. 6, 1879. 

 Quoted from The Oologist. 



1879. R[iCH], J. G. Drummingoftlio Canada Grouse [Canace canadensis]. <^Fore8t 

 and Stream, siii, Oct. 2, 1879, p. 684. 



1879. [Samuels, E. A.] Canada Grouse, Tetrao canadensis. Linnicu.s. <^ Town 

 and Country (monthly ncwsp., Boston, Mass.), i. No. 10, Oct., 1879, p. 1, fig. 

 A short notice, with a figure from the author's 'Birds of ITew England', after Audubon. 



1879. "fuAXSiT" [Richards, — ,] and "IxcOG." [Grixxell, M.] The Flesh of the 

 Sago Grouse [Centrocercus urophasianus]. <^Forest and Stream, xii. Mar. 6, 

 1879, p. 85. 

 Difiorent opinion.s as to the gastronomic quality of this bird's flesh. 



1879. W[ebster]. .T. W. Destruction of Rntfed Grouse [Bonasa umbellus] in Con- 

 necticut. <^ Forest and Stream, xiii, Oct. 2, 1879, p. 684. 

 Destruction of the young of this species by the larvae of Ol/ersia americana, Le;u;h. 



1879. Wright, M.M. How the Ruflfed Grouse [Bonasa umbellus] Drums. < Joitu 

 and Country, the Peoples Monthly Journal (Boston), i. No. 3, Mar., 1879. 

 The wings beat the air, but neither the body of the bird, nor the log, nor each other. 

 As may be seen from many of tlie foregoing titles, there was for a time considerable dis- 

 cussion in the sporting papers and elsewhere, respecting the mechanics and acoustics tti this 

 remarkable operation ; and the same subject has often been taken up in general works which 

 have occasion to treat of the Ruffed Grouse. Opinions have been advanced : 1) That the out- 

 sidos of the wings strike each other over the bird's back; 2) that the iusidesof the wings 

 strike the bird's body ; 3) that the wings strike the log or other hard object on which the bird 

 stands ; 4) that the wings boat the air with such rapidity as to produce the vibrations in 

 which the "drumming" sound consists. It would appear to be impossible that the peculiar 

 sound should be produced in any other than one of these four ways ; and the balance of evi- 

 dence is in favor of the last named, as held by the present writer and others. 



