74 Birds of Canada. 



SUB-ORDER GALLING. 

 FAMILY TETRAONID^E. THE GROUSE. 



Tetrao canadensis. The Canada Grouse, or 

 Spruce Partridge. 



This well-known bird is a permanent resident, 

 and may be found in large numbers in the back 

 settlements of Canada. It is stately and grace- 

 ful in its movements. General color of the head, 

 neck, and body of the male bird is transversely 

 barred with dusky and gray brown ; over the 

 eyelids is a bare red space ; nostrils covered Avith 

 black, with a small white spot on each side, and 

 one beneath ; throat, breast, and belly, black ; 

 the latter spotted with white, except the middle ; 

 sides of the body barred transversely with gray- 

 brown and dusky ; the feathers with a white 

 stripe near the tip ; under tail coverts, black and 

 white ; tail, black, tipped with rufous ; feathers 

 of the tarsi, gray-brown ; claws, gray ; beak, 

 black. Nests, upon the ground ; eggs, eight or 

 ten in number, of a light buff, with brown spots. 



