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sprouting in the breast. Comparing this bird with others taken in May after 

 their arrival in the North, it is evident that the first nuptial plumage is 

 acquired by a nearly complete molt, only the larger wing feathers and some of 

 their coverts, of the first winter plumage being retained. This plumage re- 

 sembles that of the adult (Fig. i) but the orange is paler, the wings resemble 

 those of Figure 3, with more or less black and white in the wing-coverts, and 

 the tail is like that of Figure 3, with two central black feathers. At the first 

 post-nuptial (second fall) molt this plumage is wholly lost and replaced by 

 that of the adult (Fig. i). There are no further changes in color. 



The molts of the female doubtless agree with those of the male. The first 

 breeding plumage (Fig. 3) resembles the first winter plumage, and the black 

 throat and blackish back (Fig. 2) are found only in fully adult birds. 



A DRUMMING GROUSE 

 Photographed by J. H. McDonald, Guelph, Ontario, at a distance of six feet 



