264 LAND BIRDS. 



Eggs, 1 or more rarely 2, greenish but 

 covered with chalky incrustation. Food, 

 small mollusks. Cries, sonorous and goose- 

 like. 



LAND BIRDS. 



Birds which live on land and which, 

 with a few exceptions, do not procure their 



Fig. 208 



Canada Grouse. 1-12. 



food from water. While the young of most 

 of the species are hatched naked and help- 

 less, a few, as in the first group given, are 

 covered with down and are active as soon 

 as they leave the egg. Not migratory. 



