CHAPTER YI. 



'§.RBOX&B. 



THE PASSENGER PIGEON — ITS PERIODICAL FLIGHTS — BREEDING PLACES — 

 THE WILD-TURKEY PROBABLE PARENT OF DOMESTIC BIRD — IMPOR- 

 TATION INTO SPAIN EARLY ACCOUNTS OF — MISNOMERS MEXICAN 



ORIGIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WILD AND FARM- YARD BIRDS NEST 



AND EGGS — CRAFTINESS OF THE HEN YOUNG BIRDS — ASSOCIATION 



OF "gobblers" FOOD OF WILD-TURKEY — THEIR WANDERINGS 



FORMER ABUNDANCE PRESENT HAUNTS DIFFICULTY OF APPROACH- 

 ING THEM SEASON FOR HUNTING THEIR GAME QUALITIES GRADUAL 



EXTERMINATION THE GROUSE OP CANADA THE SPOTTED-GROUSE 



PLUMAGE AND HABITS — FEMALE THEIR SIZE THE PRAIRIE-HEN 



WEIGHT AND PLUMAGE — SINGULAR CALL — FEMALE BIRD PUGNA- 

 CITY OF MALE BIRDS BREEDING SEASON EGGS YOUNG BIRDS 



SEASON FOR PRAIRIE-HEN SHOOTING DOGS FOR SIZE OP COVEYS 



FOOD OF PRAIRIE-HEN WINTER HABITS — QUESTIONABLE AD- 

 VANTAGES OF ACCLIMATISING THE PTARMIGAN PLUMAGE IN 



SUMMER AND WINTER WHERE FOUND — EGGS — THE RUFFED-GROUSE 



HABITAT ITS SIZE AND APPEARANCE — " DRUMMING" — -MANNER OF 



WALKING FLIGHT SHOOTING SEASON — UNFIT FOR FOOD IN WINTER 



THE COLIN — ITS HAUNTS — CALL NOTE — SEASON FOR SHOOTING 



INTRODUCTION INTO ENGLAND. 



