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GROUSE, BOB-WHITES, ETC. 



the h\fuk tliroat-band wider and sometimes reucliiiin down upon tlie hrcnst, 

 tlie rutous-chcstnut of the «idert more extensive, tlie blacii burs ol" tlie breast 

 and belly mu<-h wider. L., H'jO ; W., 4-40 ; T., '2r)0. 



liaiKje. — Florida, except tlie northern border of tlie State. 



A comnif.-n bird throughout the pine-grown portions of tlie Florida 

 peninsula. It is csjK'ciully numerous on old pLintations, where it fre- 

 (jueiits patches of " cow peas." It resembles the northern Bob- white 

 in habits, but is, I think, more inclined to take to the trees when 

 flushed. I have seen a whole covey fly up into the lofty pine trees, 

 where, wiuatting close to the limbs, they bocanic almost invisible. 



They Ijcgin to pair early in March. 



Tlic EriioPEAX or Miokatouy (.lv\iL(('()tiirni.r coturnir) lias been intro- 

 duced int<j thirt country on several oceiisioiis, but does not upiieur to have sur- 

 vived. 



898* Dendra^^pus canadensis i Liim.). Canada UnorsE ; Si'rice 

 rAitritiiKiE. A</. 'j .— rpper parts barred with black, ashy, gray, and grayisli 

 brown ; tertiab. and winir-coverts irrej^uhirly marked with fuscous ami grayisli 

 brown; tail blick, tipped with rufous; the black tiiroat separated from tlio 

 black breast by a l»r<»keii circular band of Mack and white and a band of the 

 same color as the back of the neck ; sides mottled with black and grayish 

 brown, the end.^ of the feathers with white! shaft streaks; rest of the under 

 parts black, l>r<>adly tipped with wiiite, except mi the middle of the lower 

 breast; bare skin al>ove the eye bright red in lifti. Ail. 9.— Upper parts 

 barred with black and pale ru nus and tijiped with asliy gray; tail black, 

 mottled an<l ti|>ped with rufous; throat and ujiper breast i)arred with pale 

 rufous and black : sides mottled with blade and iiaie rufous, the ends of the 

 feathers with white shaft streaks; rest of the iiii<lcr parts black, broadly 

 tipped with white and more or less washed with pale rufous. L., 15-00; \V., 

 0-o(»; T., 475: \\. from N., -40. 



liaiiijf. — From tiortliern New England, northern New York, and northern 

 Minnesota noiihwestward to Alaska. 



Stxt^ on the ground. 7iV/.'/f, nine to sixteen, butly or jiale brownish, more 

 or less speckled or sjKitted with deep brown. 1-71 x I'J-J (Kidgw.). 



This PiK'cies is a common inhabitant of coniferous forests, and is 

 generally resident wherever found. An excellent account of its habits 

 is given in Ca[ttain Beiidire's Life Histories of North American Birds, 

 p. 51. 



300. Bonasa umbellus (LUm.'). Kikkkd GiiorsK; Parthidoe; 

 Pheasant. Ail. ^.—Prevailing color of the upper parts rufous, much varie- 

 gated with black, ochraceous. butly, gray, and whitish ; sides of the neck with 

 large turts of broad, glossy i)lack feathers; tail varying from gray to rufous, 

 irregularly barred and mottled with black, a broad black or brownish band 

 near the end ; tip gray ; throat and breast ochraceous-buff, a broken blackish 

 band on the brcaist; rest of the under jjarts white, tinged with buffy and 



