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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 [Oreortyx pic- 

 tils'] 4-5, 91. 

 Mountain-quail — 

 Call, 386-387. 

 Compared with Bob-white, 3S7, 



390. 392, 393- 

 Description, 387. 

 Flesh, value as food, 390. 

 Range, 388-389. 

 Shooting, 390-393. 

 Taming, 389. 

 Mourning dove \_Zenaidnra ma- 



croura\ — 

 Call, 367. 

 Description, 367. 

 Nest, 368. 

 Range, 367. 

 Shooting, 369-370. 

 Squirrel, enemy of dove, 370- 



374- 



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



108, 247. 

 Nervous sportsmen, methods of, 41- 



42. 

 Nests — 



Gambel's partridge, 103. 

 Mourning dove, 368. 

 Quail, 13. 

 Ruffed grouse, 1 1 5-1 16. 



Odontophoritta: — 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, 34S. 



Ruffed grouse, 404, 408. 

 Oregon grouse (Sabine's) 107, 143- 



144. 

 Oreortyx pictus, mountain partridge, 



4-5. 91. 



Oreortyx picius confinis, partridge, 5, 

 91, 94. 



Oreortyx pictus plumiferus, 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 — sharp- 



tailed grouse, 107, 193. 



