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AMERICAN GAME BIRD SHOOTING 



brownish gray. In length it varies from about 19 

 inches for the largest males to about 15 inches for the 

 smallest females, and the wing measures from 8 to 8J 

 inches. Most of the tail feathers are extremely stiff, 

 pointed and white-edged. 



This northern bird is found in central Alaska, and 



SHARPTAILED GROUSE 



in the interior of British Provinces, north as -far as 

 Great Slave Lake, south as far as Moose Factory, 

 Lake Winnipeg, Temiscaming, the northern shore of 

 Lake Superior and the east side of James' Bay, in 

 Labrador. It is never seen in the United States. 



The western sharp-tailed grouse, or Columbian 



