136 GAME BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



as White and Mountain Quails by the hunters, miners and ranch- 

 men. The White-tailed Ptarmigan, though the least in size, is one 

 of the most beautiful of our grouse, but as it nowhere exists in suf- 

 ficient numbers to repay the sportsman for hunting it systematic- 

 ally, it will probably continue to be little known to any excepting 

 the naturalist. 



