424 



Index, 



Michigan, ruffed grouse shooting, 



138-139. 



Mistassini lake "A try for ptarmi- 

 gan," 229. 



Mojave Desert, Gambel's partridge, 



395- 



Mongolian pheasant species, 347-349. 

 Mountain partridge \_Oreortyx pic- 



fus] 4-5, 91. 

 Mountain-quail 



Call, 386-387. 



Compared with Bob-white, 387, 



390. 392, 393- 

 Description, 387. 

 Flesh, value as food, 390. 

 Range, 388-389. 

 Shooting, 390-393. 

 Taming, 389. 

 Mourning dove \_Zenaidura ma- 



croura] 

 Call, 367. 

 Description, 367. 

 Nest, 368. 

 Range, 367. 

 Shooting, 369-370. 

 Squirrel, enemy of dove, 370- 



374- 



Nelson's ptarmigan [Z. r. nelsoni} 



1 08, 247. 

 Nervous sportsmen, methods of, 41- 



42. 

 Nests 



Gambel's partridge, 103. 

 Mourning dove, 368. 

 Quail, 13. 

 Ruffed grouse, 115-116. 



Odontophorince partridges, I, 91. 

 Ontario 



Golden plover shooting, 332. 



Grouse-shooting, 141. 



Prairie-hen shooting, 160. 



Sand-hill crane shooting, 362. 



Ontario [continued'} 



Turkey ranges, 249, 251. 

 Oregon 



Dusky grouse, 414. 



Mountain-quail, 389, 391. 



Pheasants, abundance of, 348. 



Ruffed grouse, 404, 408. 

 Oregon grouse (Sabine's) 107, 143- 



144. 

 Oreortyx pictiis, mountain partridge, 



4-5 9 1 - 

 Oreortyx pictus confinis, partridge, 5, 



91, 94- 



Oreortyx pictus plumiferus, par- 

 tridge, 5, 91, 93. 



Owls night attack on turkeys, 

 266-268. 



Pacific coast 



Gambel's partridge, Pacific coast, 



see that title. 



Grouse, see Ruffed grouse, Pacific 

 coast, and Dusky grouse, 

 Pacific coast. 

 Quail, see Mountain- quail and 



Valley- quail. 

 Papabotte, Bartram's sandpiper, 323, 



329. 

 Partridges 



British, American rivals, 346. 



California, 96. 



Call of, 92. 



Chestnut-bellied scaled partridge, 



5, 91, 96. 



Gambel's partridge, see that title. 

 Genus, i, 91. 

 Massena, 5, 91, 104, 105. 

 Mountain, 4-5, 91. 

 Packing, 98-99. 

 Plumed, 93. 

 San Pedro, 5, 91, 94. 

 Scaled, 5, 91, 94. 

 Valley, 5, 91, 100. 

 Pedioecetes phasianellus sharp- 



tailed grouse, 107, 193. 



