PRAIRIE CHICKEN Tympanuchus cupido 



PAST AND PRESENT DISTRIBUTION 



Eastern or Heath Hen(cupido) 

 extinct 



?^>y^ Greater (^mnotus) 



At t water's ( att woten ) 



Lesser (poi iiOicmctus) ^ 



Range. — Open parts of the central and eastern 

 Tnited States and southern Canada. Formerly 

 I)r('S('iit, now extirpated on northern Atlantic sea- 

 hoai'd. Much restricted in other parts of its 

 former range. Northern populations at least 

 pailially niitrratory. 



"Note.— The lesser prairie chicken has usually been considered :i distinct 

 species, but we find no characters that dilTer from those of the other prairie 

 chickens, except in degree; thus, only a racial ditTerence is indicated. 



