1^0.4.] COUES'S ORNITH. BIBLIOGRAPHY TETRAONID^. 823 



1879. Clark, M. W. Domesticated Ruffed Grouse [Bonasa umbellus]. < Forest and 

 Stream, xii, May 29, 1879, p. ^6. 



1879. CClarke], S. C. Habitat of Sharp-tailed Grouse [Pedioecetes phasianellua 

 coiumbiauus]. < Forest and Stream, xiii, Oct. 9, 1879, p. 705. 



1879. Creighton, R. J. Exportation of Quail [i. e., Cupidonia cupido]. < Fomf 

 and Stream, xii, Mar. 13, 1879, p. 120. 

 History of the lot of Pinnated Grouse shipped from Kansas to New Zealand. 



1879. "Dingo." Pinnated Grouse [Cupidonia cupido] for New Zealand. <^Fore9t 

 and Stream, xii, Feb. 1.3, 1879, p. 31. 

 Kotice of a shipment of 28 birds of this species forI\^ew Zealand. 



1879. DUTTON, J. W. Drumming of the Canada Grouse [Canace canadensis]. < For- 

 est and Stream, xiii, ISTov. 20, 1879, p. 827. 



1879. [Grinnell, G. B.] Not Pinnated Grouse [Cupidonia cupido]. <^ Forest and 

 Stream, xi, Jan. 2, 1879, p. 440.. 



Editorial remarks replying to statement of a correspondent that "prairie chickens" are 

 found in Nevada, pointing out the fact that evidence of the occurrence of Cupidonia cupido 

 so far west is still wanting. 



1879. [Grinnell, G. B.] Grouse [Cupidonia cupido] For New Zealand. <^ Forest 

 and Stream, xii, Mar. 13, 1879, p. 119. 



1879. [Grinnell, G.B.] Drumming of the Spruce Partridge [Canace canadensis],' 



< Forest and Stream, xiii, Sept. 11, 1879, p. 625. 



1879. Hardy, M. Notes on the Habits of the Ruffed Grouse [Bonasa umbellus]. 



< The Temperance FetZeWe (newspaper ol Terrell, Texas), Dec. 6, 1879. 

 Quoted from The Oologist. 



1879. R[iCH], J. G. Drummingof the Canada Grouse [Canace canadensis]. <^Forest 

 and Stream, xiii, Oct. 2, 1879, p. 684. 



1879. [Samuels, E. A.] Canada Grouse, Tetrao canadensis. Linnaius. <^Toivn 

 and Country (monthly newsp., Boston, Mass.), i,No. 10, Oct., 1879, p. l,fig. 

 A short notice, with a figure from the author's ' Birds of B'ew England', after Auduhon. 



1879. "Transit" [Richards, — ,] and 'aNCOG." [Grinnell, M.] The Flesh of the 

 Sage Grouse [Centrocercus urophasianus]. <^Forest and Stream, xii. Mar. 6, 

 1879, p. 85. 



Different opinions as to the gastronomic quality of this bird's flesh. 

 1879. W[ebster], J. W. Destruction of Ruffed Grouse [Bonasa umbellus] in Con- 

 necticut. < Forest and Stream, xiii, Oct.. 2, 1879, p. 684. 



Destraction of the young of this species by the larvae of Olfersia americana, Leach. 

 1879. Wright, M.M. How the Ruffed Grouse [Bonasai umbellus] Drums. <^Toivn 

 and Country, the Peoples Monthly Journal (Boston), i, No. 3, Mar., 1879. 



The wings beat the air, but neither the body of the bird, nor the log, nor each other. 



As may be seen fi-om many of the foregoing titles, there was for a time considerable dis- 

 cussion in the sporting papers and elsewhere, respecting the mechanics and acoustics of this 

 . remarkable operation ; and the same subject has often been taken up in general works which 

 have occasion to treat of the Ruffed Grouse. Opinions have been advanced : 1) That the out- 

 sides of the wings strike each other over the bird's back ; 2) that the insides of the wings 

 strike the bird's body ; 3) that the wings strike the log or other hard object on which the bird 

 stands ; 4) that the wings beat the air with such rapidity as to produce the vibrations in 

 which the "drumming" sound consists. It would appear to be impossible that the peculiar 

 sound should be produced in any other than one of these four ways; and the balance of evi- 

 dence la in favor of the last named, as held by the present writer and others. 



