Appendix. 



4. Sooty Grouse; Pine-Grouse; Dendragapus 

 obscurus fultginosus Ridgw. 



The only scratching bird oi California which habit- 

 ually frequents high trees. Length nearly two 

 feet. General color blackish brown mottled 

 with rusty; on breast mottled slaty gray; cheeks 

 black; throat white, mottled; tail blackish with 

 broad gray band at the tip. An inhabitant of 

 the pine woods of the Coast Range and the 

 Sierra Nevada Mountains. 



5. Oregon Ruffed Grouse; Bonasa umbellus 

 j<2^/»/(Dougl.). 



Distinguished by broad tufts of soft, glossy, 

 brownish black feathers on sides of throat. 

 Length about eighteen inches. General color 

 rich rusty brown mottled with dark brown ; 

 under parts white, barred with brown and 

 gray ; tail reddish brown with a broad sub- 

 terminal band of dark brown and several 

 narrow bars. Found only in the extreme 

 northern coast district of California. 



6. Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse; Pedicecetes 

 phasianellus columbianus (Ord). 



Distinguished by its short tail with two elongated 

 feathers; feet feathered quite to the toes. Length 

 about nineteen inches. General colors finely 

 mottled brownish, blackish and buff, whitish be- 

 low, the feathers brown edged. Found only in 

 the extreme northeastern corner of California, 

 where it inhabits the ground. 



7. Sage-Grouse ; Centrocercus urophasianus 

 (Bonap.). 



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