GROUSE, SPRUCE PARTRIDGES 



tiful and interesting member of the game bird 

 gi'oup, liiglily esteemed by sportsmen and 

 bird-lovers alike, a welcome addition to our 

 shores. 



FA:\nLY TETRAONID/E: GROUSE, 

 SPRUCE PARTRIDGES, PTARMIGAN 



Sooty grouse, Dendragapus ohscurus 

 fuUginosus. 17.50 



Distribution: Northwest coast region in 

 mountain and heavy timbered districts from 

 Alaska south to California and Nevada. 

 Two closely aUied species are Richardson's 

 grouse of the Rocky Mountain region, west 

 to eastern Washington and Oregon; and the 

 Sierra grouse of southern Oregon and the 

 mountains of California; and another species, 

 the Franklin grouse, or "fool hen," of the 

 genus canachites, found from southern Alaska 

 to northern Oregon in mountainous districts. 



The sooty grouse, blue grouse, wood grouse, 

 mountain grouse or hooter, is a denizen of the 

 mountains, the adjoining foothills and the 

 big wooded hills that are scattered through 

 the valleys of the Northwest. Although often 

 found in the deep woods, where it habitually 

 roosts in the tall firs and spruces, it is more 

 common along the edges of the timber in the 

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