BULLETIN NUMBER FIVE 217 



District of Columbia — "Pinnated Grouse!" 



Kansas — "Grouse," and pinnated grouse. 



Louisiana — Prairie chicken. 



Massachusetts — Heath hen. 



Michigan — Prairie chicken, Canada and spruce grouse. 



Missouri — Pinnated grouse. 



Nebraska — "Partridge" (Ruffed grouse?). 



North Dakota — "Partridge (Ruffed grouse?). 



Oklahoma — Prairie chicken. 



Ohio — Ruffed grouse. 



Oregon — Partridge, prairie chicken and fool hen. 



CANADIAN PROVINCES THAT PERMANENTLY PROTECT GROUSE. 



Manitoba — "Pheasant." 



New Brunswick — "Pheasant." 



Nova Scotia — Canada grouse and "pheasant." 



Ontario — "Partridge, grouse and prairie fowl." 



Saskatchewan— SAGE GROUSE, ruffed and Canada 



grouse. 



We regret to say, however, that with all this, not one state 

 containing sage grouse has yet taken steps to permanently 

 protect that species! And in some states the open seasons 

 and bag "limits" are shocking. 



Why this wicked discrimination against the finest of all 

 American grouse? 



THE PATH OF DUTY. 



There is much information that could be given about the 

 distribution of sage grouse, and other grouse, and quail, in 

 the various states ; their habits, and their history ; but what 

 is the use ? We are not writing academic bird-lore. We are 

 trying to bring about the salvage of species that are on the 

 toboggan slide and going with lightning speed toward Obliv- 

 ion. We are trying to point out the cold fact that in these 

 destructive times a species can be completely exterminated 

 in a horribly short period. 



