DIRECTORY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 147 



BUFFED GKOUSE, B. UMBELLUS. 18.00; reddish-brown 

 above mottled and spotted with dark-brown and ashy-white ; 

 reddish-brown band across breast ; remaining under parts, 

 white banded with brown ; tail, tipped with ashy in which 

 there is a sub-terminal band of brown, fig. 178. Female dul- 

 ler with a smaller tail. Eastern U.S. "south to the mountains 

 of northern Ga., and southern Canada. Frequents brushy 

 woodlands. Note, a whistling chuck- Fig. 177. 



le given when alarmed; also give the 

 drumming sound in spring, summer f 

 and autumn ; this begins loud and 

 distinct, increases in rapidity, but , 

 diminishes in volume and dies away 

 almost as a continuous murmur. Has 

 the habit of spreading the fan-like 

 tail and turning it from side to side to 

 attract attention to itself when ac- 

 companied by its young, Nests in 

 early May. 



1*. CANADIAN HUFFED 

 GKOUSE, B. u. TOGATA. Differs 

 from 1 in being grayer above especial- IP, B, a, 1. 1-12. 

 ly on tail and in having the brown markings broader. Inhab- 

 Fig. 178. its the spruce forests of 



northern N. E., northern 

 N. Y. and the British Pro- 

 vinces north to James Bay, 

 west to Oregon and British 

 Columbia. 



c. Ptarmigans. 

 Lagopus. 



Medium sized, cOmpact- 

 ly formed grouse that in- 



B, b, 1. 1-12. habit cold regions and 



which are nearly white in winter, fig. 179, but change to a 



