Grouse, Turkeys and Chachalaca 





309. Sage Grouse (Centrocer cus urophasianus}. Ad. 

 cf, L. 29; Ad. 9, L. 22. Similar to cT, but smaller, 

 throat whiter; breast barred black and whitish. Notes. 

 When courting, low, grunting, guttural sounds; when 

 alarmed, a sort of cackle, kak, kak. (Bendire.) 



Range. "Sage regions of the Rocky Mountain Plateau, and west 

 chiefly within the United States, but north to Assiniboia and the dry 

 interior of British Columbia; east to North Dakota, South Dakota, 

 Nebraska and Colorado; south to northern New Mexico, Utah and Ne- 

 vada; west in California, Oregon and Washington, to the Sierra Ne- 

 vada and Cascade Range." (A. O. U.) 



Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus x P. colcbicus}. An 

 introduced species, see remarks on page 114. 



310. Wild Turkey ( Meleagns gallopavo silvestris ) . 

 tf Ad. L. about 48: upper tail-coverts and tail tipped with 

 rusty chestnut: white bars in primaries entire,crossing the 

 webs of the feathers. Notes. Similar to those of the 

 domesticated Turkey. 



Range. Eastern United States from Pennsylvania south to central 

 Florida; west to Nebraska and northeastern Texas. 



3IOa. Merriam Turkey (M. g. merriamf). Similar 

 to No. 310, but tail and upper tail-coverts tipped with 

 whitish. 



Range "Mountains of southern Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona 

 and western Texas; and northern Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico." 

 (Bailey.) 



3 I Ob. Florida Wild Turkey (M. g. osceola}. Sim- 

 ilar to No. 310, but smaller; primaries with narrow 

 broken bars not reaching across feather. 



Range. Southern Florida. 



3IOc. Rio Grande Turkey (M. g. intermedia'}. Tips 

 of upper tail-coverts and of tail rusty buff intermediate 

 in color between those of Nos. 310 and 3103. 



Range. "Lowlands of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico." 

 (A-0. U.) 



311. Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula maccalli}. L. 21. 

 Ads. Above olive-brown; tail blacker, all but middle- 

 feathers bordered with whitish; belly brownish. Notts. 

 A loud, trumpeting cha-cha-laca, repeated a number of 

 times. 



Range. Tropical portions of eastern Mexico, from Vera Cruz north 

 to Lower Rio Grande Valley. 



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