DESCRIPTION. 



Similar to winter plumage, but feathers of upper 

 parts margined with light-buff. 



92. Turnstone. 



Length about 10 inches. Bill about 1 inch long. 

 Adult : Upper parts varied with rufous, head 

 mostly white, chest deep black. Young : Upper 

 parts without rufous, but the feathers with buffy 

 margins, head mostly dusky, chest mottled with 

 dusky. 



93. Canada Grouse. 



Length about 15 J inches. Tail about 5J inches 

 long. Adult male : Above, varied with black ana 

 grayish ; below, black, varied with white mark- 

 ings ; tail black, with rufous tip. Adult female : 

 Above, barred with black, gray and ochraceous ; 

 below, whitish and ochraceous, barred with black ; 

 tail-feathers broadly ochraceous at tips. 



94. Canadian Ruffed Grouse. 



Length about 18 inches. Tail about 6J inches 

 long. Adult male : Above, varied with black and 

 different shades of brown or gray; tail gray or 

 rusty, crossed near end by a subterminal band of 

 black or dark-brown ; neck-tufts varying from 

 deep-black to light-rufous ; lower parts, mixed 

 white and buffy, marked with bars of brown. 

 Adult female: Similar to the male in plumage, but 



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