Family TETRAONID^E. 

 DUSKY GROUSE. 



297. Dendragapus obscurus obscurus. 20 in. 



Plumage blue-gray marked with black and 

 white as shown by the upper picture. Tail 

 blackish with a terminal band of gray. Legs 

 feathered to the toes, which is a character- 

 istic of grouse. 



Nest. Of leaves on the ground. Six to 

 twelve buff eggs, spotted with brown. 



Range. Rocky Mountains from Col. south 

 to central N. Mex. 



CANADA SPRUCE PARTRIDGE. 

 298c. Canachites canadensis canace. 15 in. 



Male gray, black and white as shown by 

 the lower bird. Female brown and white, 

 barred with black. 



Note. A drumming by the male and cluck- 

 ing by the female. 



Range. Northern New England, N. Y., 

 Wise, and Minn, and southern Canada. Hud- 

 sonian Spruce Partridge found farther north. 

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