Fig. 6. Franklin's grouse (Canachites 'ranklini). Reproduction of a painting made by.^the author. 



terminal orange-brown bar. The white tips 

 to the outer row of feathers of the upper 

 coverts lend to the superior aspect of the 

 tail a decided spotted appearance, especially 

 when the bird is at rest, as shown in Fig. 6. 



Having a knowledge of its range and the 

 above characters, one will have no trouble 

 in distinguishing a Franklin's grouse of the 

 genus from the Canada grouse, or, indeed, 

 from any other Canachites. 



Few of our grouse are better known to 

 our sportsmen than those grouped in the 

 genus Bonasa, which contains the ruffed 

 grouse; yet there is not one hunter in a hundred 

 in this country who_is_aware_of the fact that 



we have several sub-species of this elegant 

 bird. 



Bonasa umbellus, owing to the presence 

 of its peculiar spreading neck-tufts, gets 

 its specific name from a Latin word having 

 reference to an umbrella (umbel); note 

 also umbra a shadow or shade, used in many 

 senses. 



B. umbellus occurs in certain localities 

 where suitable forests exist, in Alaska and 

 Canada, and southward to California, Colo- 

 rado, Kansas and Tennessee. In the East 

 it is found in the Alleghanies, as far south 

 as Georgia. 



