THE 

 GALLINACEOUS 



GAME BIRDS 



OF 



NORTH AMERICA 



INCLUDING THE PARTRIDGES, GROUSE, PTARMIGAN, 

 AND WILD TURKEYS ; WITH ACCOUNTS OF THEIR DIS- 

 PERSION, HABITS, NESTING, ETC., AND FULL DESCRIP- 

 TIONS OF THE PLUMAGE OF BOTH ADULT AND YOUNG, TO- 

 GETHER WITH THEIR POPULAR AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES 



A hook written both for those who love to seek these birds afield with 



dog and gun, as well as those who may only desire to learn the 



ways of such attractive creatures in their haunts 



BY 



DANIEL GIRAUD ELLIOT, P. R. S. E., etc. 



Ex-President of the American Ornithologists' Union 

 Author of the '■^ New and Heretofore Unfigured Birds of North America,^'' 

 of the ''North American Shore Birds,'' of the Illustrated Mono- 

 graphs of the Ant Thrushes, Grouse Pheasants, 

 Birds of Paradise^ Hornbills, Cats, etc. 



WITH FORTY -SIX PLATES 



SECOND EDITION 

 NEW YORK 



FRANCIS p. HARPER 



1897 



