No. 41. 



Bonasa umbellus. 



The markings of this loosely feathered grouse are peculiarly 

 complicated, and its prevailing tints variable ; the difference be- 

 tween the grayest bird and the brownest, even in one and the 

 same locality, being very great. Some may consider a descrip- 

 tion useless of a bird so well known as this. Yet I have myself 

 shot with old and experienced gunners on Western prairies and 

 Southern sea coast who had never seen a living or dead specimen 

 of the species. 



I will describe a pair of freshly killed adults now in hand. 



Male. Upper parts reddish brown and gray, with touches 



