OF ILLINOIS BIRDS 



J *Ruffed Grouse. P.R., N.C.S. 



Now rather scarce and lo- 

 cal. 



f:j: *Prairie Chicken. P.R., N.C. 

 S. 



Still quite common locally. 



Prairie Sharp-tailed Grouse. 



Supposed to have nested 

 formerly in N. E. 111. near 

 Waukegan, Lake County. 

 Reported as occurring 

 within recent years in the 

 dune region of N. W. In- 

 diana, near Tremont (See 

 Brennan in "The Auk" for 

 Jan., 1918, p. 75.), where it 

 is said to breed. There are 

 no recent records for this 

 state. And those referred 

 to by Nelson in 1877 as 

 being found in the vicinity 

 of Waukegan during the 

 fall season of 1863, or 1864, 

 on the authority of T. H. 

 Douglas of that place, are 

 the latest, so far as known. 

 For that reason alone the 

 above mentioned citation 

 from a neighboring state 

 might readily be discred- 

 ited, or regarded as doubt- 

 ful at least, were it not 

 possible to account for the 

 occurrence on the theory 

 of introduced birds, or de- 

 scendants therefrom, used 

 originally for game-stock- 

 ing purposes. The forego- 

 ing is the first and only 

 given record for that state; 

 and we have been told also 

 that specimens of this 

 Grouse were "planted" in 

 parts of Indiana for the 

 special purpose named. 



t*Wild Turkey. P.R., S. 



Scarce and local. 

 English Pheasant. P.R. 



An introduced game-bird 

 which seems to be quite 

 well established in some 



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