CONTENTS 



PAGE 



I. Introduction i 



II. Guns and Dogs 9 



III. Game Clubs, Parks, and Preserves . . 20 



BOOK I 

 GALLINACEOUS BIRDS 



IV. Gallinaceous Birds 41 



PHEASANTS 



V. The Wild Turkey .46 



VI. The Pheasants 52 



GROUSE 



VII. The North American Grouse .... 60 



VIII. The Prairie-Grouse 65 



IX. The Sharp-Tailed Grouse ..... 73 



X. The Sage-Cock — Cock of the Plains . , 83 



XL The Ruffed-Grouse 88 



XII. The Dusky- or Blue-Grouse .... 96 



XIII. The Canada-Grouse, Spruce-Grouse, or Black- 



Grouse 100 



XIV, The Ptarmigan 103 



PARTRIDGES 



XV. The Partridges ... = ... 106 



XVI. Bob-White 109 



XVII. The California Partridges . . . .125 

 XVIII. The Southwestern Partridges . . .133 



