266 GROUSE . 



247. FLORIDA BOBWHITE. 

 Smaller, darker, with black of breast 

 considerably extended. Florida. 



248. CANADA GROUSE. 



Larger, 15, black, blotched and banded 

 below with white; terminal band on tail, 



Fig. 209 



Ruffed Grouse. 1-12. 



chestnut, fig. 208. Female, duller with 

 much of black replaced by chestnut, espe- 

 cially on breast. Young, much more red- 

 dish. Canada, east of Rocky Mountains 

 south to northern Minn., Mich., N. Y. and 

 N. E. Very unsuspicious birds inhabiting 

 coniferous forests. 



