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LAND BIRDS. 
ORDER GALLIN-E. 
Gallinaceous Birds. 
Suborder PHASIANI. Pheasants, Grouse, Partridges, Quail, etc. 
FAMILY TETRAONIDAE. Grouse, Partridges, etc. 
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Subfamily PERDICINAE. Partridges and Quail. 
Genus COLINUS. Lesson. 
COLINUS VIRGINIANUS. (LINN.) Quail. Bob-white. 
Eastern United States; west to Kansas, Dakotah, and eastern Texas ; 
breeds throughout range. 
Colinus virginianus floridanus. (Cougs.) Florida Quail. 
A Florida race, smaller and darker than C. virginianus. 
Subfamily TETRAONINAE. Grouse, etc. 
Gexus CANACHITES. Sreuy. 
CANACHITES CANADENSIS. (Linn.) Canada Grouse. Spruce Par- 
tridge. 
Throughout British America; occurs in United States in northern New 
England, New York, Minnesota, and Michigan. 
Canachites canadensis labradorius. Banas. Labrador Spruce Grouse. 
A Labrador race of the Canada Grouse; the males differ but slightly, 
but the females are described as being less buffy above the back, 
being nearly black and gray, and the underparts whiter. 
Gexus BONASA.  Stepn. 
BONASA UMBELLUS. (LiNN.) Ruffed Grouse. 
Eastern United States and southern Canada; south to mountains of 
northern Georgia; west to Minnesota and Michigan. 
Bonasa unbellus togata. (Linn.) Canadian Ruffed Grouse. 
The Canadian race of the Ruffed Grouse occurs throughout southern 
British America as far north as James Bay; it occurs in northern 
New York and northern New England; it is more gray on the 
upper parts, and the underparts are more distinctly barred. 
Genus LAGOPUS. Briss. 
LAGOPUS LAGOPUS. (Lixn.) Willow Ptarmigan. 
Arctic species; accidental in New England. 
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