448 



NoliTII A.MKKU'AN lUKDS. 



low const I'orost.s to tlioso of tlio mouiitdins, wis tind a;,'niM equally dark 

 spcfiint'iis, lull with ^liiyisli tails; tlic amount of j,'ray iiicroiwiiij,', and lis 

 sliiuUi li;,'lit(^iiiiij,', as \vu ai>iii'oauli the; central IJocky Mountains, 



Tlii^ Anit'iican .siit'cius of JIoiuisk jiossussl-s a (|uiti' near analo^'nu in tlii' 

 L'. si//risfris, I'lona]!. {Ti/nin bomiHin, Linn.), or Ila/ul (Iroiiso, of Kuropo. 

 'J'liis s|)i'('i('s lias almost t-xactly tlii' samo pattern of coldration (in('lii(liii,i,' 

 tail-markiii^sj, lait is vory iiuuli smalk-r, lias the uock-tiifts nitlinRMitary 

 iind white, and the throat black, iustea'i of just the ruvcrsu. 



Bonasa umbellus, 



var. 



umbellus, Sikiukxs. 



BUFFED QB0U8E; PABTRIDOE; PHEASANT. 



Tctnio iiiiiUHii.1, 1,IXN. Sy-t. Nut. I, Utiti, 'i;.'), »>. — AVil.sdN, Am. Orii. VI, 1812, id, \>\. 

 .\li.\. — DcpidUTV, fab. N. 11. I, ISJio, 13, 1.1. ii. — An.. Oru. Wwfr. j, is;ii, 211 ; 

 V, r.OO, 111. xli. — 111. Itinls Aiiirr. V, 1M2, 72, pi. c.xiiii. Tiinio {/I'linasid) nui- 

 kilns, M.pn.vp. Syii. 1S2S, 12ii. — In. .Mmi. Tihiin, Am. I'liil. Tiaiis. Ill, 1,S30, 3S!i. 

 — NriT.M.i., Man. 1, ls;!2, (i.'ir. JUiiumii iimU/lim, Svkvuv.ss, Sliaw, (Icn. Z(.ijl. 

 XI, 1S24, 30U. — Bd.N.vr. t'om|itc.s litiidns, XI. V, is.'.T, 42S. — H.viiii., liirds X. Am. 

 1858, (.30.— lii.Llt)T, Monog. Tctr. \A. (iUAY, (at. Iliit. Mils. V, 181.7, 80. Tc/nio 

 hiijiilii.i, l.iNN. 1, 17(1(1, 27."., 8. — KonsTKi!, I'hilos. Trans. I.XII, 1772, 393. ri/mn 

 liiiiijiiiiKis, l!.\i:ri!AM, Travils in K. Klmiila, 17!*1, 2!i(). Jiiijl'cil C/niKsc, ami Hhuulilcr- 

 knut ii'ruKnr, I'dnn.v.vt & IjAiuvm. 



Sp. CiiAii. Aliovc (i('liiai'i'i)iis-liiown, liiicly inottli'il with frrnyish ; tlu> .«('a|Milars and 

 wing-L'oveil.s willi imlc silial'l-stivak.-, tliu niiui) and iiiipur tail-covort.s witli iiu'dial (.'ordatu 



spots at' [talc j;i'ayisli. Tail 

 " 32312 \ ocliraci'i.u.s-riiloiis, iiiUTow- 



ly l.ari'cd with I. lack, cro.sscd 

 tcrmiually with a narrow 

 hand of pale ash, thon a 

 hroadcr one of black, this 

 ]in'in'(k'd hy ainilhiT a.-hy 

 one. (Ill .si>i'L'iiiu'iis Iroiii 

 the Ail('),'liaiiy Mountains 

 and New Eiiji-land States, 

 thi- tail usually liiorc or less 

 L'l'ayish to ihi^ hast', soiiiC- 

 tiiiu's entirely destitute of 

 ruli.us tiuire.J Throat and 

 t'oivncck oehracL'ous. Low- 

 er parts while ((.ehraeeous 

 beneath the siirlae(0, with 

 l.road transverse bars of 

 dilute l.rowii, tliese mostly 

 concealed on the abdomen. 

 Lower tail-eoverts pale 

 ochraceons, each with a terminal deltoid spot of white, bordered with dusky. Neck-tufts 

 hrownish-blaek. I.en^rth, 18.00; win":. 7.20; tail, 7.00. Female smaller, and with the 

 neck-lufts less developed, but colors similar. Yonnij (:'.i),l(!l. St. Steplien'.s, X. B. ; 

 G. A. lioardmaii). Brown above, and dinjry-white beneath ; a rufous tinge on the seap- 



Bonasa umbellus. 



