THE SAGE GROUSE NEARLY KX'I l\< I 



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from sitlc to side, and note the effort of the wings to carry the 

 bird, and maintain a true balance. 



The male has an air-sac on each side of il> oeck, which 

 it inflates in the courting season, when il struts to attract Mm 1 



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attention of the females. Recently Mr. Frank Bond has ob- 

 served thai the male also rubs its breasl along the ground, as a 

 part of its strutting performance, which accounts for the 

 mysteriously worn condition of the breasl feather-. 



It is no more accessary l<> describe a Sage Grouse than an 



