GROUSE-SHOOTING ON THE PRAIRIES. 



OF Grouse, there are six distinct varieties in the United 

 States and British Provinces, although but three of these 

 are ordinarily shot by sportsmen, or brought into the mar- 

 ket. They are the ruffed grouse, commonly known east of 

 the Delaware River as the partridge, and south of it as the 

 pheasant ; the spotted, or Canada grouse, known as the 

 spruce partridge ; and the willow grouse, known as the 

 red-necked partridge. These three birds are all wood- 

 haunters, and the two latter species are found only in the 

 northern parts of Maine, the wilderness of the eastern 

 British Provinces, and northward so far as to Labrador. 

 The first, or ruffed grouse, has a wide geographical range, 

 being found in all the wooded regions of North America, 



