RUFFED GROUSE. 



300. Bonasa umbellus umbellus. 17 in. 

 Plumage gray, black and white or reddish- 

 brown, black and white. Tail with a sub- 

 terminal band of black and terminal one of 

 white. Handsome juffs from each side of 

 the neck. 



Nest. On the ground among leaves. Eggs 

 "buffy, without markings. 



Range. Resident from Mass, and N. Y. 

 southward. Canadian Ruffed Grouse from 

 northern U. S. northward. 



WILLOW PTARMIGAN. 



301. Lagopus lagopus lagopus. 15 in. 



In winter pure white except black tail 

 feathers. In summer largely reddish-brown, 

 barred with black and mixed with white. 



Eggs. Buff, very heavily blotched. 



Range. Arctic regions south in winter to 

 Quebec and Minn, and casually Mass, and 

 X. Y. Allen Ptarmigan occurs in Newfound- 

 land. 



