SHARP-TAILED GROUSE 271 
entering a cultivated field the latter goes on foot, and 
may consequently be readily trailed by a dog, while the 
sharp-tail flies in, and is only likely to be overhauled 
by the dog’s winding it, or coming accidentally upon 
it. The same gentleman has noted the preference of 
this species for the skirts of woods, brush and broken 
places generally, in contrast to the entirely open places 
which the pinnated grouse frequents.” 
The eggs of the sharp-tail, while often plain cream- 
colored, are at times greenish in color and are some- 
times marked with small spots of reddish brown and 
lavender. They do not appear to lay such large 
clutches as the pinnated grouse, though, after all, the 
difference in numbers is not marked. 
