PINNATED GROUSE 



207 



braska and Kansas, the Indian Territory and western 

 Texas. 



Birds of this genus are brownish or clay color, cross- 

 banded by dark brown or black. The tail is short and 

 rounded, and the sides of the neck are provided with 



PINNATED GROUSE 



conspicuous wing-shaped tufts of straight, stiff black 

 feathers, beneath which is a naked inflatable air sac. 



In greater detail the color above is pale brownish, 

 barred with dusky and buff; beneath, paler, broadly 

 barred or banded with brown. The quills of the wing 

 are gray or brownish, with buff or whitish on the 

 outer webs. The chin, throat and cheeks are buff, 



