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Elliot's Rio Grande Turkey 299 



The Mexican Turkey 299 



THE WOODCOCK 



The American Woodcock 303 



PLOVER 



Bartram's Sandpiper — Upland Plover 322 



The Golden Plover 330 



A Golden Opportunity 332 



FOREIGN GAME 



Foreign Game 345 



THE CRANES 



The Whooping Crane 353 



The Sand-hill Crane 359 



THE MOURNING DOVE 



The Mourning Dove 367 



THE QUAIL AND THE GROUSE OF THE 

 PACIFIC COAST 



By T. S. Van Dyke 



The Valley-Quail of California 377 



The Mountain-Quail 386 



GambePs Partridge. The Quail of the Desert . . . 394 



The Ruffed Grouse 403 



The Dusky Grouse • .410 



