118 BIRDS. 



FAMILY XLIX. — TETRAONID^. 



{The Grouse.) 



Nostrils and tarsus densely feathered. Toes usually- 

 naked. Tail various with sixteen to twenty feathers. 

 Usually a naked strip ov^er eye; sides of neck often with 

 a bare patch or lengthened feathers, or both. Genera 

 seven; species fifteen; chiefly North American. 

 * Toes naked, 

 f Tarsus feathered to the toes. 

 X Tail of 16 feathers; colors dark. . . . Canace, 1. 

 XX Tail of 18 feathers. 

 a. Neck without peculiar feathers; middle tail feathers pro- 

 jecting Pedicecetes, 2. 



aa. Neck with peculiar, elongated, lanceolate feathers above 

 a large, bare, bright-colored patch. . Cupidonia, 3. 



f f Tarsus feathered about half way ; tail of 18 soft, broad 



feathers. . Bonasa, 4. 



** Toes feathered ; winter plumage pure white. . Lagopus, 5. 



/. CANACE, Reichenbach. American Grouse. 



< Tetrao, L. 



1. C. canadensis, (L.) Reich. Spruce Partridge. 

 Canada Grouse. Black above with plumbeous mark- 

 ings; mostly black below with white spots; tail with an 

 orange brown terminal band; $ smaller, black interrupted 

 or streaky; L. IG; W. Gf ; T. 5^. Spruce swamps, N. 

 U. S. and Northward. 



2. PEDKECETES, Baird. Sharp - Tailed Grouse. 



1. P. phasianellus, (F..) var. columbianus, (Ord.) Coues. 

 Sharp- Tailed Grouse. Chiefly yellowish brown and 

 white; sexes alike; L. 18; W. 8f; T. 5. Illinois to 

 Colorado, N. and W. 



