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majority of existing ''protective" laws affecting grouse were 

 ghastly failures through inadequate enforcement, and gen- 

 eral unfairness to the birds. 



The following is a list of the grouse of the western United 

 States most urgently in need of protection : 



SPECIES OF GROUSE THAT STILL SURVIVE IN THE UNITED 

 STATES, FOR SOME OF WHICH BETTER PRO- 

 TECTION HAS BEEN ASSURED. 



Sage Grouse, or "Sage Hen/' (Centrocercus urophasianus) 



Sparsely inhabits portions of South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, 

 Colorado, Texas?, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Ore- 

 gon and N-E. California. 



Pinnated Grouse, or Prairie Chicken, (Tympanuchus 

 americanns, and sub-species). 



Still found in a few counties of Minnesota, N. Iowa, both Da- 

 kotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. 



Prairie Sharp-Tailed Grouse, (Pediocetes phasianellus 



campestris) . 



Almost extinct! Small remnant flocks may yet be found in 

 Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado and New Mexico. 



Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse, (P. p. colnmbianus) . 



Very rare and rapidly vanishing from Montana, Idaho, Wash- 

 ington and Oregon. 



Dusky Grouse, (Dendragapus obscums). 



It may be looked for in S. Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, 

 Nevada, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, but mighty few 

 will be found. 



Gray Ruffed Grouse, (Bonasa umbellus umbelloides) . 



Montana, Idaho, Colorado and N. Dakota. Rarely seen and 

 little known. 



Oregon, or Sabine's Grouse, (B. u. sabini). 



Washington, Oregon and California, — where not already ex- 

 terminated! 



