Obdeb Gallinje. 19 



Order GALLIN^E. Gallinaceous Birds. 



Suborder PHASIAISTI. Pheasants, Grouse, Partridges, 



Quail, etc. 



Family TETRAONID^. Grouse, Partridges, Quail, etc. 



Subfamily PERDICIN>^. Partridges. 

 Genus OOLINUS Lesson. 



B. 471. R. 480. C. 571. G. 223. U. 289. 



102. Colinus virginianus (Linn.). Bob-white. Resident; abundant. Begin lay- 

 ing the last of April. Nest in a depression on the ground, usually in the grass 

 upon the prairies, sometimes in a thicket under a low bush; composed of grasses, 

 and generally partially arched over with entrance on the side. Eggs, fifteen to 

 twenty; l.lOx.97; pure white; in shape pyriform. 



Subfamily TETRAONIN/E. Grouse. 

 Genus BONASA Stephens. 



B. 4fi5. R. 473. C. 565. G. 218. U. 300. 



103. Bonasa umbellus (Linn.). Ruffed Grouse. In the early settlement of the 

 State, a resident in eastern Kansas, erroneously, but generally known as 

 "Partridges" in the Northern States, and as "Pheasants" in the Southern 

 States. (The timber along the streams where protected from fire, and the un- 

 dergrowth from browsing and tramping of cattle, offers a natural home for the 

 birds, and they should be placed there and protected.) Begin laying the last of 

 April. Nest on the ground in groves and at the edge of timber, a place worked 

 out to fit the body, and rather sparingly and loosely lined with grasses and 

 leaves. Eggs, seven to twelve; 1.55x1.15; cream white, occasionally faintly 

 blotched with light drab or buff ; in form rather oval, approaching pyriform. 



Genus TYMPANUOHUS Glogee. 



B. 464. R. 477. C. 563. G. 219. U. 305. 



104. Tympanuchus americanus (Reich.). Prairie Hen. Resident; common 

 in middle and eastern Kansas. Begin laying the last of April. Nest on the 

 ground in the thick prairie grass, and at the foot of bushes on the barren ground, 

 a hollow scratched out in the soil and sparingly lined with grasses and a few 

 feathers. Eggs, eight to twelve; 1.68x1.25; tawny brown, sometimes with an 

 olive hue, and occasionally sprinkled with brown; in form rather oval. 



