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ANIMAL STUDIES 



alitis vocifera)) which inhabit the shores of lakes and 

 streams throughout the country. , 



210. Quail, pheasants, grouse, and turkeys (Gallinae). The 

 quail, grouse, and our domestic fowls are all essentially 



FIG. 125. California quail (Lophortyx calif ornicus). Two-thirds natural size. 



ground-birds, and their structure well adapts them to such 

 a life. The body is thick-set, the head small, and the beak 

 heavy for picking open and crushing the seeds and berries 



