GROUSE 



its strange, thundering love song, the thump- 

 thump rup-rup r-r-r-r which, once heard, is not 

 easily forgotten. This bird, strong of wing, 

 vigorous, wily and watchful, is well fitted to 

 fight for existence. But the desire of sports- 

 men is rapidly decreasing the ranks of ruffed 

 grouse, and as the birds do not migrate, the 

 states in which they appear must strengthen 

 existing game laws to prevent their extinction. 



The spruce grouse, which was once common 

 in Michigan, the Adirondacks of New York and 

 Northern New England, is another family of 

 grouse which is rapidly being destroyed by 

 hunters. Franklin's grouse and the dusky 

 grouse of Northwestern United States and Can- 

 ada are called fool hens, because they are so 

 unsuspicious that they stand curiously watching 

 an approaching enemy and so are easily caught 

 or shot. 



Prairie Chicken, or Pinnated Grouse, a bird 

 of the open prairie, another noble member 

 of the grouse family once numerous through- 

 out the Central United States, but now 

 almost exterminated in many regions. It is 



THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN 



also found in parts of Canada. The call of 

 the prairie chicken is loud and hollow, and 

 almost as peculiar as the drumming of the 

 ruffed grouse. On each side of the neck of 

 the male prairie chicken is a large loose sac 

 which can be inflated at will, to look like a 

 rrrat orange. At the back of the neck arc 

 t lifts of long, black feathers. All these peculi- 

 aritirs arc to attract the females at mating 

 time. Unlike other grouse, prairie chickens 

 migrate, and they can fly long distances. 



Among species not mentioned above is the 

 sage grouse, a game bird next to the turkey in 



si/c. M.S. 



Consult Coues' Birds of the Northwest; 

 xvHI's Shooting on Upland, Marsh and Stream. 



GUADELOUPE 



GRUNT, an American species of game iish. 

 so named from the sound it makes when re- 

 moved from the water. It is sometimes called 

 drumfish, pigfish and redmouth. This genus 

 has about fifty-five species, and all have more 

 or less orange and red markings inside the 

 mouth. They are valued as important food 

 fishes. The pigfish reaches a length of from 

 twelve to fifteen inches, and is found on the 

 South Atlantic and Gulf coasts, ranging as far 

 north as Long Island Sound. It prefers sandy 

 shores and is taken in seines or nete. In some 

 places this species of pigfish is known as the 

 "sailor's choice," a term denoting their prefer- 

 ence for it. 



GRUNTER. See GURNARD. 



GUADALAJARA, gwah thah lah hah 'rah, the 

 capital of the state of Jalisco, Mexico, 380 

 miles northwest of the City of Mexico, was 

 founded in 1531, and is the second city in the 

 republic in size and importance. Its principal 

 buildings are the cathedral, which dates from 

 1618 and contains a famous Assumption by 

 Murillo; a mint, Episcopal palace, numerous 

 scientific and educational institutions and a 

 public library of 24,000 volumes. Its tl. 

 the Degdllado, is the second largest in America. 

 Coffee is grown, and paper, Panama hats and 

 leather are manufactured. There are also im- 

 portant steel and glass industries. Population 

 in 1910, 118,800. 



GUADALUPE HIDALGO, gwah thah loo' pah 

 t.thahl'go, TUEASY OF, a compact between the 

 United States and Mexico, entered into on 

 February 2, 1848, at the close of the Mexican 

 War. The negotiations were conducted at 

 Guadalupe Hidalgo, a small town three and 

 one-half miles north of the City of Mexico. 

 By the terms of this treaty the United States 

 secured the territory comprising the present 

 states of California, Nevada and Utah, most 

 of the present New Mexico and Arizona, and 

 part of Colorado and Wyoming. The Rio 

 Grande was agreed upon as the boundary be- 

 tween Texas 'and Mexico. In addition, thr 

 United States agreed to pay Mexico $15.000.000 

 and to assume the payment of all claims, not 

 exceeding $3,250,000, held by American citi- 

 zens against Mexico which had originated prior 

 to the date of the treaty. See MEXICAN WAR. 



GUADELOUPE, gawdaloop', an island of 

 the West Indies and one of the principal 

 French colonies, is noted for its fine quality 

 of cocoa, sugar and coffee. It has an urea of 

 019 square miles with its islnmf dependencies, 

 anil is divided into two parts by a strait called 



