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Index 



Michigan, ruffed grouse shooting, 



138-139- 



Mistassini lake — "A try for ptarmi- 

 gan," 229. 



Mojave Desert, Gambel's partridge, 



395- 

 Mongolian pheasant species, 347-349. 

 Mountain partridge \_Oi-eortyx pic- 



'■"•f] 4-5> 91- 

 Mountain-quail — 



Call, 386-387. 



Compared with Bob-white, 387, 

 390, 392, 393- 



Description, 387. 



Flesh, value as food, 390. 



Range, 388-389. 



Shooting, 390-393. 



Taming, 389. 

 Mourning dove \_Zenaidura ma- 

 cro iir a] — 



Call, 367. 



Description, 367. 



Nest, 368. 



Range, 367. 



Shooting, 369-370. 



Squirrel, enemy of dove, 370- 

 374. 



Nelson's ptarmigan [Z. r. nelsoni'] 



108, 247. 

 Nervous sportsmen, methods of, 41- 



42. 

 Nests — 



Gambel's partridge, 103. 

 Mourning dove, 368. 

 Quail, 13. 

 Ruffed grouse, 115-116. 



Odontophorina — partridges, I, 91. 

 Ontario — 



Golden plover shooting, 332. 



Grouse-shooting, 141. 



Prairie-hen shooting, 160. 



Sand-hill crane shooting, 362. 



Ontario \_continued^ — 



Turkey ranges, 249, 251. 

 Oregon — 



Dusky grouse, 414. 



Mountain-quail, 389, 391. 



Pheasants, abundance of, 348. 



Ruffed grouse, 404, 408. 

 Oregon grouse (Sabine's) 107, 143- 



144. 

 Oreortyx picUis, mountain partridge, 



4-5. 91- 



Oreortyx pidus con-finis, partridge, 5, 

 91, 94. 



Oreortyx pictus plu77iiferus, par- 

 tridge, 5, 91, 93. 



Owls — night attack on turkeys, 

 266-268. 



Pacific coast — 



Gambel's partridge. Pacific coast, 



see that title. 

 Grouse, see Ruffed grouse. Pacific 

 coast, and Dusky grouse, 

 Pacific coast. 

 Quail, see Mountain-quail and 

 Valley-quail, 

 Papabotte, Bartram's sandpiper, 323, 



329- 

 Partridges — 



British, American rivals, 346. 



California, 96. 



Call of, 92. 



Chestnut-bellied scaled partridge, 

 5, 91, 96. 



Gambel's partridge, see that title. 



Genus, i, 91. 



Massena, 5, 91, 104, 105. 



Mountain, 4-5, 91. 



Packing, 98-99. 



Plumed, 93. 



San Pedro, 5, 91, 94. 



Scaled, 5, 91, 94. 



Valley, 5, 91, 100. 

 Pedioecetes phasianellus — s h ar p- 

 tailed grouse, 107, 193. 



