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CONTENTS 



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I. INTRODUCTION ....... i 



II. GUNS AND DOGS 9 



III. GAME CLUBS, PARKS, AND PRESERVES 20 



BOOK I 



GALLINACEOUS BIRDS 



IV. GALLINACEOUS BIRDS 41 



PHEASANTS 



V. THE WILD TURKEY 46 



VI. THE PHEASANTS 52 



GROUSE 



VII. THE NORTH AMERICAN GROUSE .... 60 



VIII. THE PRAIRIE-GROUSE 65 



IX. THE SHARP-TAILED GROUSE . 73 



X. THE SAGE-COCK COCK OF THE PLAINS . . 83 



XL THE RUFFED-GROUSE 88 



XII. THE DUSKY- OR BLUE-GROUSE .... 96 



XIII. THE CANADA-GROUSE, SPRUCE-GROUSE, OR BLACK- 



GROUSE ioo 



XIV. THE PTARMIGAN . . . . . .103 



PARTRIDGES 



XV. THE PARTRIDGES ....... 106 



XVI. BOB-WHITE 109 



XVII. THE CALIFORNIA PARTRIDGES . . . .125 

 XVIII. THE SOUTHWESTERN PARTRIDGES . . .132 



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