5»rnLopArrn.K - THK mxii'k family — MACIIKTKS. 



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Tfingn tq\uiilr\», I, aim. hid. nni. II. i;imi, 7;io. 



Triiiijii ijrfnirvit-fii.ii.i, I.aiii. l.f. 7;il. 



friiiijn viirifijiitii, lliii'ss. Orn. Ilor. 64, 



yndi/'i /)/(i»i>c/M mill T. iillici/i.H, IliiKHM, Vijn, DeiiUchl. 



liiif, YAiiit. Ilril. H. I'l. -J, II. tlj.'., ll«. ; eil. 3, II. tlU'J, llg. ; I'l Aitt. 



ll.vii. 'I'lii' i'lilii'iinli'' Uc^'inii, .•-iriiyiiiK' til Ka><li'iii Nuitli Aiimriiii (iiiiniiTims ri'ciinli*). 



Si'. (_'H.\u. Aliiivf, vuiii'il Willi Murk, imil', uml kihv, iliu rtiuimlurs luul intialH fxliiliitiiiK lln-^o 

 coloi-ii in (>l>lii|im IhukIh. liiiu'iith, wliito, vuriutl on tliu ju({uluni iind tlirr>at. i'rinmricM iliiik 

 lii'dwn, witli ;,'rc('ni-iii rt'tlt'ctiou alinvr ; tiic iiincr wcIh liiu'ly iiiotllcil lowiiril thi' Ihihi.' OuIit 

 ilinc tiiil-IV-Klherit {>laiii, llu- reuiuiiider ti'unsveiHL-ly Imiruil, liill Ijhiwii ; niilcit of runii> wliitr ; 



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ii'j^s yellow. Miilo in sprint; (lros>( witli tlio fcathorM of flic iicck preatly ilovolopcd into a riifF; tlio 

 fiicc coviTi'd with riMlili.-*!! jiajiillir, Aihill mni : Colnr.-i iiiilftciiiiinatc, innlialily no two Hjicuiiiirns 

 liiin^,' I'.xactly alike. As a ruk-, the "ia]>t'" and "nill"' an diU'crcntly foloied ; thus, of the llvo 

 I'.vamiilfs liL't'oie us, the cnpc and riilF are colored in the followiii),' manner: — ( "ape flossy Mack, 

 lailfy white, yellowish ochraceons. itulf, cliestimt-rufous, j^lossy Idack streaked with nifous, mot- 

 tled fernij;inous, ochraceons laiir, streaked lintly white, and pied with Idack and pure white. 

 Adiill female : No ruff; head comj)letely feathered. I'luniaj,'u transversely handed with Mack, and 



Female 



hulT, white, or ferrnp;inou9 ; the abdomen and crissuin usually immaculate white. Young: Back 

 and scapulars browinsh black, feathers l)ordered with bulf or ochraceons ; crown ochraceous, 

 streaked with black. Lower parts entirely immaculate, white posteriorly, butty anteriorly. 



Leii;,'th, about lO.(K) inches: wing, (!.4() ; tail, 2.(i() ; bill, 1.25; tarsus, 1.75; middle toe and 

 claw, 1.40. 



The Ruff has been so fre([uently killed in the Eastern United States as to entitle it to a place 

 anioiif; North American birds, although it caimot be said really to belong to our fauna. It is a 

 vtiy curious species, conspicuous for the combats among the males during the breeding-season. 



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