SHARP-TAILED GROUSE 2?I 



entering a cultivated field the latter goes on foot, and 

 may consequently be readily trailed by a dog, while the 

 sharp-tail flies in, and is only likely to be overhauled 

 by the dog's winding it, or coming accidentally upon 

 it. The same gentleman has noted the preference of 

 this species for the skirts of woods, brush and broken 

 places generally, in contrast to the entirely open places 

 which the pinnated grouse frequents." 



The eggs of the sharp-tail, while often plain cream- 

 colored, are at times greenish in color and are some- 

 times marked with small spots of reddish brown and 

 lavender. They do not appear to lay such large 

 clutches as the pinnated grouse, though, after all, the 

 difference in numbers is not marked. 



