70 Birds of Canada. 
SUB-ORDER GALDEINGE: 
FAMILY TETRAONID-A. T7AHE GROUSE. 
Tetrao canadensis—The Canada Grouse, or 
Spruce Partridge. 
This well known bird is a permanent resident, 
and may be found in large numbers in the back 
settlements of Canada. It is stately and grace- 
ful in its movements. General color of the head, 
neck, and body of the male bird is transversely 
barred with dusky and gray brown; over the 
eyelids isa bare red space ; nostrils covered with 
black, with a small white spot on each side, and 
one beneath; throat, breast, and belly, black; 
the latter spotted with white, except the middle ; 
sides of the body barred transversely with gray- 
brown and dusky; the feathers with a white 
stripe near the tip; under tail coverts, black and 
white ; tail black, tipped with rufous; feathers of 
the tarsi, gray-brown ; claws, gray; beak, black. 
Nests, upon the ground; eggs, eight or ten in 
number ; of a light buff, with brown spots. 
