AVES. 225 



PEDIOECETES PHASIANELLUS CAMPESTRIS Ridgway. 

 Prairie sharp-tailed grouse. 



Ridgway, Prop. biol. soc. Washington, 1884, vol. 2, p. 93. "ILLINOIS, 

 AND. . . .ROSEBUD CREEK, MONTANA TERR." 



Tetrao phasianellus Linne". Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 5, 

 p. 110, pi. 298. Egg, Bendire, 1892, vol. 1, pi. 3, figs. 9, 10. 



Woods and thickets; nests on the ground. 



MASS. Unsuccessfully introduced at Springfield, 1892. 



COTURNIX COTURNIX (Linne") Lichtenstein. 

 European quail; Migratory quail. 



Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. birds British mus., 1893, vol. 22, p. 235. 



Tetrao coturnix Linne", Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 161. "EUROPA, 

 ASIA, AFRICA." 



Coturnix communis Bonnaterre. Dresser, Birds of Europe, 1871-81, 

 vol. 7, pi. [476]. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 277, pi. 59, figs. 1, 3. 



Meadows and fields; nests on the ground. 



ME. Introduced unsuccessfully in 1880; 2600 liberated, but failed to 

 establish themselves. Nest at Falmouth, June. 



VT. Unsuccessfully introduced at Rutland, June, 1877. 



MASS. Unsuccessfully introduced at various places (No. Falmouth, 

 Springfield, Wareham) between 1870 and 1890. 



CONN. Unsuccessfully introduced : Lakeville, 1878. 



PERDIX PERDIX (Linne"). 



European partridge ; Hungarian partridge ; Partridge. 

 Tetrao perdix Linne", Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 166. "IN EURO- 



PAE AGRIS." 



Perdix cinerea Latham. Dresser, Birds of Europe, 1871-81, vol. 7, p. 

 [131], pis. [474, 475]. 



Open country and thickets; nests on the ground. 

 CONN. Introduced in 1908. 



PHASIANUS COLCHICUS Linne. 

 English pheasant ; Pheasant. 



Linne", Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 158. "AFRICA, ASIA." Ogilvie- 

 Grant, Cat. birds British mus., 1893, vol. 22, p. 321. Dresser, Birds of 

 Europe, 1871-81, vol. 7, pi. [469]. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 275, pi. 59, 

 fig. 9. 



