352 LIST OF THE BIEDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



A. O. U. 



NO. 



241 (301a) Lagojyiis lagopus alleni. Stejn. Allen's Ptarmigan. 



A race peculiar to Newfoundland ; differs in bavins; the shafts of the 

 secondaries black. 



242 (302) LAGOPUS RUPESTRIS. (Gmel.) Rock Ptarmigan. 



Arctic America, from southern Labrador to Alaska, Anticosti. 



243 (302a) Lagopus rupestris reinliardti. (Breiim.) Reinhardt's Ptarmigan. 



A race inhabiting northern Labrador and Greenland ; the female has 

 the greater portion of the back, black, in summer ; the male has the 

 barring on the upper parts finer and more uneven. 



244 (303) LAGOPUS WELCHI. Brews. Welch's Ptarmigan. 



Peculiar to Newfoundland. 



Genus TYMPANUCHUS. Gloger. 



245 (30.)) TYMPANUCHUS AMERICANUS. (Reich.) Prairie Hen. 



Prairies of Mississippi Valley, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, 

 Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri ; north and west to Manitoba, 

 Dakotah, and Indian Territory; south to southwestern Louisiana, 

 and Texas, where it is replaced by a paler and smaller race called 

 T. a. aft /rate ri. 



246 (30')) TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO. (Linn.) Heath Hen. 



Island of Martha's Vineyard, Mass. ; once abundant, now nearly 

 extinct ; resembles the Prairie Hen, but may be distinguished by 

 its barred axiUars, scapulars broadly tipped with buff, and tufts of 

 feathers on the neck consisting of less than ten feathers. 



Genus PEDICECETES. Baird. 



247 (308/j) PEDICECETES PHASIANELLUS CAMPESTRIS. Ridgw. Prairie 



Sharp=tailed Grouse. 



Western species, which sometimes occurs in Wisconsin and Illinois. 



FAiVlILY PHASIANID/E. Pheasants, Turkeys, etc. 



Subfamily MELEAQRIN^. Turkeys. 



Genus MELEAQRIS. Linn. 



248 (310) MELEAQRIS GALLOPAVO. Linn. Wild Turkey. 



United States, from Chesapeake Bay to the Gulf coast, and west to the 

 plains along wooded river valleys. (A. O. U.) 



249 (3lOa) Meleagris gallopavo osceola. Scott. Florida Turkey. 



Differs in having the white bands on the primaries broken and uneven, 

 and in being somewhat smaller; also other slight differences in 

 color ; inhabits southern Florida, where the northern Turkey does 

 not occur. 



