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SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. — GALLINJE — ALECTOROPODES. 



in open country, from the Atlantic to the Eastern foot-hills • of the R. Mts., in some latitudes, 

 and now abounds on the prairies, from Illinois and Wisconsin, to Middle Kansas at least, if not 

 found on the dryer plains westward. Its usual range includes Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Eastern 

 half of Minnesota, Southeastern Dakota, Middle and Eastern Kansas and Nebraska, Arkansas, 



and Eastern Texas. It is creeping westward 

 with the grain fields. Ten years ago it mixed 

 with the sharp-tails about St. Paul's, Minne- 

 sota, and up the Missouri to beyond Sioux 

 City. The line of railroad is a favorite high- 

 f'j*|k\W ^^^B^^^ ^^y ^'^'^ *^^ birds. It has been almost ex- 



^^fy^ ~^ '^^^^ tirpated in the Middle and Eastern States, 



though it still occurs sparingly in isolated 

 localities in New York, New Jersey, Penn- 

 isi>^^^=^^'^^'^™°'°^ sylvania. Long Island, Nantucket, and Mar- 

 tha's Vineyard, etc. Its abundance, and the 

 V excellence of its flesh, render it an object of 



Fig. 401. — Head of Kuflfed Grouse, uat. size. (Ad commercial importance. Though there may 

 nat. e.E. C.) ■\^^ XxV^Xq probability of its extinction, legisla- 



tion against its wanton or ill-timed destruction is a measure of obvious propriety. Eggs 

 averaging shorter, rounder, and smaller than those of the sharp-tail; pale greenish-gray, with 

 sometimes a glaucous bloom, usually unmarked, sometimes very minutely dotted with brown 

 564. C. c. pallidicinc'ta. (Lat. liaUidus., pale; cinctus, begirt.) Pale Pinnated Grouse. 

 Above, the dark markings not in excess of the lighter markings, and rather brown than black ; 

 below, the dark bars very pale and narrow. Tarsi scant feathered, exposing the bare strip 

 behind. Southwestern prairies ; a hjcal race, from warmer and dryer regions. 

 808. BONA'SA. (Gr. ^ovaaos, 

 Lat. bonasus, a bison : the 

 "drumming" of the bird 



being likened to the bel- ^mj --^ -==^ n 



lowing of a bull.) Euffed tj^ ]^ ^^^^^^5=n 



Grouse. Head with a '^^^a& f^ ^ 



fuU soft crest. Neck on y 



each side with . a tuft of ^| 



numerous (15-80) broad < 



soft glossy-black feathers, , ^^^J r} 



covering the rudimentary l^^^^^fek >^' /> 



tympanum. Tail about as ^'^m^^j^ ,^m^',r , 'f^y''^'^ 



long as the wings, amply 



rounded or fan-shaped, nor- HM^^^^^^^^K . .- ■raiSi=asi^(»' ': j 



mally of 18 soft broad 

 feathers, with truncate 

 ends. Tarsi scantfeath - 



ered, naked below, with «„^ /■" -'^^' '^Pi '\y'''''^^'>:: A^ 

 two or three rows of scu- *'''^<-^/ "^^/. ■-^Slt§K>^.- > ^ ' 

 tella m front. Plumage of 

 blended and varied coh.rs ; ^^«- 402- - E"ffed Grouse. (From Lewis.) 



sexes alike. Woodland species, more or less arboreal, of common occurrence in suitable places. 



Analysis of Varieties. 



Brown, of mixed and varied shades of reddish and gray. Eastern and Northern umbella 565 



Pale ; slaty-gray the prevailing shade. Rocky Mountain region umbeUo'ides 566 



Dark ; chestnut-brown the prevailing shade. Pacific Coast region sahinii 567 



