TKTHA( ).\ I D.K — TUK (iltorSE. 



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doubt tho most soiitlioni jM.iiit ut which it has l)ouu discovered. Dr. Cones 

 lias never met with it in Arizunu. 



Mr. liidf-wiiy encountered il ('verywliere in tho (ireat Basin where there 

 was a thrifty -rowlh nl' the art.Mui.sia, wliieh appears everywhere to regu- 

 late its existence. He eurrolionites tiic acu'ounls j-iven of its heavy, lumlier- 

 iug tii-ht; anil when it lias once escaped, it Hies so far tliat the sportsman 

 rarely has a second opportunity to Hush it. Jt rises apparently with great 

 ellbrt. lie was told by the settlers of Nevada and I'tali that the Sage-Hen 

 was never known to touch grain of any kin.l, even when found In the 

 vicinity of grain-Helds. This is attributed to a very curious anatomical 

 pecuharity of the species, — the entire uljsence <.f a giz/ard; having instead 

 a soft membranous stomach, rendering it impossil)le to digest any hard Ibod. 

 In a large number of specimens dissected, nothing was found Ijut grass- 

 hopljers and leaves of the artemisia. 



Two eggs in my cabinet, IVom Utah, measure, one 2.20 by l.oO inches, and 

 the other 2.15 by 1.4o. They are of an elongate-oval shape, slightly pointed 

 at one end. Their ground-color varies from a light-greeiush drab to a drub 

 shaded with bull: They are thickly freckled with small rouuded spots of 

 reddish-brown and dark chestnut. 



Genus FEDKSCETES, Raird. 



PeUitBcctes, Bahid, IJiids X. Am. IS.W, r,2r,. (lyy,,, Trlrm, j,h,ma„eUm, Linn.) 



Gkn. Cn.AR. Tuil short, jrra.luate.l ; i.xelu..ivL. of ,1... much hMifrtlu.,,,..] ...iddlo part 

 where are two feathers (porhai>.s tail-covert,s) with parallel e.l^es an.l truncated e.uls 



Pttliaceles phasianelltis 



half the fidl rounded win.. Tar.^i densely feathered to the toes an.l between their base... 



Neck w.thout peculiar feathers. Culmen between the nasal fossa> not half thb total length 



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