CANADA GROUSE. 105 
Adult Female.—Upper parts, barred with gray, buff, and 
black, the latter predominating, the gray most conspicuous on 
lower back and rump, and buff or ochraceous predominating 
upon side of breast and flanks, the feathers of these parts having 
central streaks of white broadening at the tip, sometimes the 
entire tip being white. Abdomen, black, feathers tipped with 
white; under tail-coverts, black, barred with buff, and tipped with 
white; median tail feathers, barred with ochraceous and black; 
remainder black, with irregular narrow lines of ochraceous, 
chiefly on the outer webs, and tipped with ochraceous, widest on 
outer feathers. Dimensions about the same as those of the 
male. 
Downy Young .—General color, lemon yellow, darkest on the 
breast, a black bar through the eye to nape; top of head and 
neck, back, and wings, rusty, with two spots on head, and trans- 
verse ones on wings, black; maxilla, black; mandible, pale horn 
color; feet, yellowish. 
