Tin: 



adult I'inls f,-,-d mo-ih <>ii Ne^etaMe sulwtMMJeH, snch as jmiip. i, , i.inl- ir\ , ami l'illN-rrie,lld 

 III.' lea\es and I tin Is of sex era I !! 



'I'll.- color itf the adult niali- l>ml is chestnut In-own coven-d with :i numU-i of Hack lines 

 irregularly dis|--is.-d. tin- breast is LI n-k with a .ylnxs of green. ami the al-doim-n is simply 

 I -lack, as an- tin- lengthened fea I h'-i s , .f tin- I lima I ami lln- tail. Tin- female is .-a-il\ known by 

 tin- bars of n-d ami Mark which II-IM-I-S.- the head ami neck, and tin- reddish yellow Iturred 

 with Mack uf th' 1 under -nifa<.-. In si/j'. tin- Capeivaillie is nearly equal to a turkey. 



TllK Co. K oi i in. I'I.MS- isc|.,sel\ allied to tli.- pn-c.-dini; s|-cies. 



It is an American l-ird, U-iii-j founil in the dry plains in tin- ini.-iii uf Southern California. 

 Like the cock of the w.M>ds. this bird ! MOMtOOMd during the hn-edingMMOII todis|N.rt him 

 self after :i jH-culiar an I i;i-ol<-s<jnc inanm-r, tlrM)j)iiiK his^iiii;^. *.\,}, adin^ his (ail like a fan, 

 (.titling out his cmp until tin- Nan- \.-llo\vskin Mamls pnniiiin-nlly for\\anl. s,,iii.-\\ hat aft<T 

 tli.' fashi,.n of tli.- |M,III.'I piip-oii. ami .-ii-<-tiiu' th lonjj MJIk-n plunn-s <if tin- m-<-k. Thus 

 accoutre!. In- iinic|.-s ih.- iriomnl \\ith iniii-h dignity, tiiriiinir himself alx.nt s.> as to ilispla> 

 his sh 1)1 to " . I- ...| , ml . . . .. - inin . , .n i. -r \ ol i.iih. i ludicroiiH altitudes, a IP I HII.-MIU 

 a loud iMMiiniiur cry that Li roiu|,.nvd to tin- .sound inad<> l>y l>lii>\in^ .stnui-ly into a 

 hollow n^xl. 



Thf m-st of this l.inl is ma.h- of dri.-d ^rass-s and .small tip<, and is plural <m (hc^ 

 nmlrr tin- shi-ltcr of l.iish.-s or rank ln-rluif. It is i-atln-r can-fully madf. and p-m-mlly -on- 

 tains from thirti-fii to s.-\,-nti-n l>n>wn 'W* l'lotrln-<l with flKx-olat.- mi tin- larp- end. Tlic 

 ('... k of tht- Plains is a i;rc^iri<Mis l.inl. a->.-nil'lin_: in littlr troops in tin- summer and autumn, 

 and in Ian:' 1 tlo<-ks of s,'\.-ral humli-'-d in numlT during the winter and spring. Tlie Ile>h of 

 Ihis liird is eatal'l--, Imt dark in color and not of a very pnul llavor. 



The male is a \ery handsome hinl, lro\vn on the up|-r surface and mottled with very 

 dark In-own and \ellowish-white. Tim skin of the crop is dci-p orally-yellow, and on each side 

 of it is a tuft of long and very slender feathers, having the .shafts nearly liaki-d. and dotli-tl at 

 the tip with a ]-ncil of Mark lnds. The throat and head an- white profusely variegated with 

 Mark, and the white feathers of the sides an- linn, rounded, and of a .scale-like form. The 

 shafts of the lireasl feathers an- Mark and stiff. In total length this l.iid measures aUmt 

 twenty two iiich.-s. The i.-male is |. -s-, in >!/>, i> without the feather-tufts mi the nk and tin- 

 aoale-like plumage of the -'n|. -. 



TIIK S.VI.K 'o, K (''>/!/ 1 iH;-rrnJt iiroji/Kixi'i/iiixi, or <'oek of the Plains, is the largfst of all 

 the family, li x-eins >nlined to the sterile regions fmm the Hlack Hills to California and 

 Oregon, ami fmm Hritish Coliimltia niqtrly to Arizona hut only on those plains when- the 

 wil.l sa-e iartemesi;i|grow hence, the trivial name of tlie Mnl. It is natunilly tnn, und 

 clunisy, I. ut when ivalh alaniie<I Hi.-s with gn-sit nipidity. ami at coiisid.-nil.le distance. HM 

 notes strongly P-seiiiMe those of the < ..... mmi ln-n. It s*-ems to l- juirtial to OJM-II plains. un<I 

 liM-alities away from the wii-roaM . 



Its haliits an- similar to iliosi- of the turkey. In winter it Hocks in great numlxTs : in the 

 sjiring it g>es in jtairs, ami in the fall in small family groups. It is aliundant on the plains ,,f 

 Califoniia. and also on the north liram-h of the Platte. 



Fnnn fe-<liiig so much on the wild sage, its lle^h Iwoomea Inipivguat*-*! with a latter 

 (jnality. which ruins it for foo<l. The weight of an onlinary-si-d Sap- (irons., is al-out six 

 |M>unds. Tlie large orange-colonel. l>all-shai>ed mi-k ornaments, and the long uriiininate tail 

 an- char.u-t--rs tliat an- quite distinctive. add.-<l to its gn-at si/.,.. A \.-ry curious anatomical 

 jHi-uliarity is WN-II in this s|-<-ies. They have no gi/yjml. havin- instead a soft inemlii-iiiewuH 

 siomach. which is not < apal-L- of dip-stin^ hanl fiM*!. It is not known to eat grain, but neenw 

 to fe<-l wholly on veiretal.le matter, ami that almost .-\cluMvely of the wild sage. PoiMy 

 the graashopiKTs and other soft insecta may be eaten. 



TIIK well-known BLACK GBOUSE, or BLACK COCK, in a native of the more southern coun- 

 tries of Euroi*-. es]-<ially those localities where the pine woods and heaths afford it shelter, 

 and it is not dislodged by the presence of human habitations. 

 VOL it-m. 



