GROUSE . 271 



beneath, banded with black, fig. 213. Prairies 

 of Mich, and Westward. 



258. HEATH HEN. 

 Differs from last in having brown 

 bandings broaded and feathers of neck tufts 

 pointed. Martha's Vineyard, Mass. 



Fig. 213 



Prairie Hen. 1-8. 



259. PRAIRIE SHARP-TAILED 

 GROUSE. 



Differs from above in absence of neck 

 tufts and in having large rounded white 

 markings on wings, and in being tinged 

 with rusty above; white beneath with V 

 shaped marks of black. Great Plains of U. S. 

 east to Wis. and northern 111. 



