CHAPTER VI. 



THE PASSENGER PIGEON ITS PERIODICAL FLIGHTS BREEDING PLACES 

 TEE WILD-TURKEY PROBABLE PARENT OP DOMESTIC BIRD IMPOR- 

 TATION INTO SPAIN EARLY ACCOUNTS OF MISNOMERS MEXICAN 



ORIGIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WILD AND FARM- YARD BIRDS NEST 



AND EGGS CRAFTINESS OF THE HEN YOUNG BIRDS ASSOCIATION 



OF "GOBBLERS" FOOD OF WILD-TURKEY THEIR WANDERINGS 



FORMER ABUNDANCE PRESENT HAUNTS DIFFICULTY OF APPROACH- 

 ING THEM SEASON FOR HUNTING THEIR GAME QUALITIES GRADUAL 



EXTERMINATION THE GROUSE OF CANADA THE SPOTTED-GROUSE 



PLUMAGE AND HABITS FEMALE THEIR SIZE THE PRAIRIE-HEN- 

 WEIGHT AND PLUMAGE SINGULAR CALL FEMALE BIRD PUGNA- 

 CITY OF MALE BIRDS BREEDING SEASON EGGS YOUNG BIRDS 



SEASON FOR PRAIRIE-HEN SHOOTING DOGS FOR SIZE OF COVEYS 



FOOD OF PRAIRIE-HEN WINTER HABITS QUESTIONABLE AD- 

 VANTAGES OF ACCLIMATISING THE PTARMIGAN PLUMAGE IN 



SUMMER AND WINTER WHERE FOUND EGGS THE RUFFED-GROUSE 



HABITAT ITS SIZE AND APPEARANCE " DRUMMING" MANNER OF 



WALKING FLIGHT SHOOTING SEASON UNFIT FOR FOOD IN WINTER 



THE COLIN ITS HAUNTS CALL NOTE SEASON FOR SHOOTING 

 INTRODUCTION INTO ENGLAND. 



