^art II. 



LAND BIRDS. 



289. BOB-WHITE. 10 in. 



(Colinus virginianus.) 



Male : reddish-chestnut, much variegated with bla^kand 

 buff; tail ashy; throat and line over eye w/ii/£'; forehead, hne 

 below eye and band across breast, black; belly white, finely 

 barred with wavy black lines; spring call of male, "bob- 

 white"; varied notes; in flocks except during breeding sea- 

 son; highly beneficial. Female: white markings buffy, 

 little black on breast. 



300. RUFFED GROUSE. 17 in. 



(Bonasa umbellus.) 

 Black and reddish-buff, much barred; below barred with 

 grayish-white; tail mottled showing broad black bar; black 

 fcather-t lifts on side of neck (longest on male) which form 

 a ruff; woodland and shrubby pastures; call of male, a re- 

 markable whirring of the wings described as *' drumming;'' 

 call of female "cluck" or a note of distress when young are 

 disturbed. Canada Grouse. Prairie Hen. 



316. MOURNING DOVE. 12 in. 



(Zenaidura macroura carolinensis.) 



Gray-blue, tinged with brownish; tail broadly tipped with 

 white, tapering to a narrow point; sides of neck iridescent; 

 marked with black on wings and sides of head; rapid whist- 

 ling flight; note, "coo-oo." Pigeon. Cuckoos. 



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