- HEATH HEN 
306. Tympanuchus cupido. 17 in. 
Neck feathers pointed; scapulars more broadly 
tipped with white; axillars always barred; top of head 
paler and always brownish. ‘These differences will 
always separate this species from the very similar 
western bird. They were formerly found throughout 
Southern New England and the Middle States, their 
range meeting that of the Prairie Hen, but now they 
are restricted to the island of Martha’s Vineyard, south 
of Mass., and probably the true form is extinct there, 
for western birds have been liberated on the island and 
interbred with the natives. 
LESSER PRAIRIE HEN 
307. Tympanuchus pallidicinctus. 16 in. 
Nearest like the prairie hen but paler above, the 
brown bars being narrower and lighter colored, but 
with the edges blackish, giving the back of the bird 
a very different appearance from thet of the Prairie 
Hen. It is found in western Kansas, Indian Territory 
and Texas. 
