180 GROUSE, BOB-WIllTES, ETC. 



the black tliroat-band wider aiul soinetlines roaohiDi; down upon the breast, 

 the rurous-c'hc'st.iiut of the sides more extensive, the black bars of the breast 

 and belly nnich wider. L., S-oO ; W., 4-40 ; T., 2-oO. 



Range. — Florida, except the northern border of the State. 



A common bird throuj^hout the pine-grown portions of the Florida 

 peninsula. It is especijiUy numerous on old [)lantations, where it fre- ' 

 (pients patches of " cow peas." It resembles the northern Bob-white 

 in habits, but is, I think, more inclined to take to the trees when , 

 flushed. 1 have seen a whole covey fly uj) into the lofty pine trees, 

 where, squattinj; close to the limbs, they became almost invisible. 



They begin to pair early in IMarch. 



The European or MuiUATouY Quail ( (\>fiiriiix c(i/nrnix) lias been intro- 

 duced into this country on several occasions, l)ut docs not appear to have sur- 

 vived. 



298. Dendragapuscanadensis !/.///«.). Canada Grousk; Spruce 

 Partridge. Ad. 6 . — Upper parts barred with black, ashy,i:ray, and ffniyisli 

 brown ; tertials and wing-coverts irregularly niarkcd with fuscous and grayish 

 brown; tail l)lack, tipped with rufous; tlie l»hick throat separated from tlie 

 black breast by a broken cu-cular band of black and white and a band of the 

 same color as the back of the neck ; sides mottled with black and grayish 

 l)rown, the ends of the fciithers with white shaft streaks; rest of the under 

 parts black, broadly tippcil witli white, except on the middle of tlie lower 

 breast; bare skin above the eye bright red in life. Ad. 9 .—Upper parts 

 barred with black and pale rufous and tipped with ashy gray; tail black, 

 mottled and tipped with rufous; throat and upper breast barred with palo 

 rufous and black; sides mottled with black and ])ale rufous, the ends of the 

 feathers with white shaft streaks; rest of the under parts l>lack, broadly 

 tipjied with white anil moi-e or less waslu'd with pale rufous. L., 15-00; W., 

 6-50 ; T., 4-75 ; B. from N., -40. 



Ra/Kfe.—Vroin nortliern New England, northern New York, and northern 

 Minnesota northwestward to Alaska. 



aVe.sT', on the ground. J'^j^fi, nine to sixteen, butfy or pale brownish, more 

 or less speckled or spotted with deep brown, bTl x 1-J2 (Kidgw.). 



This species is n common inliabitant of coniferous forests, and is 

 generally resident wher(>ver found. An excollent account of its habits 

 is given in Captain Bendire's Life Histories of North American Birds, 

 p. 51. 



300. Bonasa umbellus {Lin)).). Kii-ked Grouse; Partridge; 

 Pheasant. A, I. 6 .— rrevailing color of the uiiju'r parts rufous, much varie- 

 gated wMth black, oehraceous, luiily,gray, and whitish ; sides of the neck with 

 large tufts of broad, glossy black feathers; tail varying from gray to rufous, 

 irregularly barred and mottled with black, a broad black or brownish band 

 near the end ; tip gray ; throat and breast oehraceous-butf, a broken ])lackish 

 band on the breast; rest of the under parts white, tinged with buffy and 



