APPENDIX II. AUGHEY ON L0CU8T-FEEDING BIRDS. [47] 



Family TETRAONID^ : The Grouse, etc. 



Subfamily TETRAONIN^ : Grouse. 



Centrocercus urophasianus, (Bp.) Sw. 



Sage Cock ; Cock of the Plains. 



Have only seen it once alive, and that in Western Nebraska ; several, however, have 

 been sent to me from the following localities : 



1 



Locality. 



Date. 



PI 



Si 

 ii 



Hi 



i 



.9 



o 



m 

 O 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 



Nortli Platte 



Oct. — 1874 

 do 



44 

 57 

 40 

 49 





Sage leaves. 

 Sage leaves. 

 Sage leaves. 

 Sage leaves. 







do 



do 



7 

 4 



Pine Bluff Nebraska 



Sept. — , 1876 





Pedicecetes phasianellus columbianus, (Ord.) Cones. 



Southern Sharp-tailed Grouse. 



Formerly very abundant in Nebraska, but gradually decreasing in numbers. It is 

 a mistake to suppose, as some do, that this grouse feeds exclusively on seeds, buds, 

 and leaves. The following examinations of specimens prove that at least occasionally 

 they live partially on insects : 



<0 



Locality. 



Date. 



PI 



o '^ 



1 



.9 



'i 



s 



o 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 f1 



Dakota County Nebraska 



Feb. — , 1865 

 May —.1865 

 July — , 1865 

 Aug. —,1866 

 Aug. — , 1867 

 June — , 1868 

 July — , 1869 

 Oct. —,1873 

 Oct. — , 1874 

 do 







Buds and seeds. 



Seeds. 



Seeds. 



Seeds. 



Seeds. 



Seeds. 



Seeds. 



Seeds. 



Seeds. 



Seeds. 



do 



29 

 10 





do 



22 

 27 



do 



Cedar County Nebraska 



36 

 31 



do 







17 



24 



Fort Kearney, Nebraska 



do '. 





38 

 30 



10 



do 













CupiDONiA cupiDO, (Linn.) Bd. 

 Pinnated Ch^ouse ; Prairie Sen. 



This grouse was formerly enormously abundant in Nebraska. Trapping them and hunt- 

 ing them with dogs has greatly reduced their numbers. They apparently eat insects 

 whenever they can get them. The following are some of the examinations of this bird 

 that I have made. Some maintain that there are more of them in the State now than 

 at its first settlement, but as I was not in this Territory at that time I have no obser- 

 vations to depend on. Owing to the recently enacted laws forbidding the trapping of 

 prairie chickens and quails, they have been slightly increasing for the last few years : 



