CONTENTS 



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PREFACE vii 



INTRODUCTION.. . . .xvii 



PART I 

 AMERICAN GAME BIRDS 



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SNIPE-LIKE BIRDS i 



WOODCOCK 6 



AMERICAN SNIPE 30 



GALLINACEOUS BIRDS 40 



THE AMERICAN QUAIL 47 



QUAIL, BOBWHITE, PARTRIDGE 49 



MASKED BOBWHITE 61 



MOUNTAIN QUAIL 76 



SCALED QUAIL 81 



CALIFORNIA QUAIL, VALLEY QUAIL 85 



GAMBEL'S QUAIL 91 



MASSENA OR MEARNS' QUAIL 106 



THE AMERICAN GROUSE 114 



DUSKY GROUSE 115 



CANADA GROUSE, SPRUCE PARTRIDGE 125 



FRANKLIN'S GROUSE 135 



RUFFED GROUSE, PARTRIDGE 139 



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