SAGE HEN. 



309. Cenirocercus urophasianus. 29 in. 



Pale brownish above and buffy below 

 marked with black as shown. Tail feathers 

 stiff, pointed and graduated. Male with stiff 

 wiry neck bristles during summer. Female 

 smaller and less conspicuously marked. 



Eggs. Greenish-buff with few brown spots. 



Range. Sagebrush plains from Saskatche- 

 wan and British Columbia south to Dak. 

 Family MELEAGRID^E. 



WILD TURKEY. 

 310a. Meleagris gallopavo silvestris. 48 in. 



Head and neck bare, redaish with light 

 blue wattles. Plumage greenish, with a 

 bronze lustre. Tail brownish crossed by 

 narrow wavy black bands. 



Note. A gobbling. 



Nest. On the ground. Eggs buff, spotted 

 with brown. 



Range. From Pa. and Kans. south to the 

 Gulf coast. Formerly north to Me. and Minn. 

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