Prairie Chickens 



From the prairi'e hen to the sharp-tailed grouse, 

 they all belong to one order as far as their tracks 

 are concerned. A prairie chicken does not spread 

 the toes to the same extent as does the grouse of 

 the woods, and the middle toes stand also some- 

 what straighter in the line of the trail. The 

 tracks made by the sharp-tailed grouse are al- 

 ways of a rather blurred appearance because of 

 the heavily feathered feet. 



Quail 



The size of the quail's track is about that of a 

 domestic pigeon. A peculiarity of the track is 

 that the mark of the hind toe stands compara- 

 tively far off from the track on account of its 

 singular disproportion to the size of the foot. 



In the pursuit of grouse, chickens, etc., the 

 hunter usually notes tracks less than other signs. 

 Foremost among the latter are the places' where 

 the birds take sand baths, where stray feathers 

 will usually be found. Countless interwoven 



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