*.305. Prairie Hen (Tympanuchus americanus). L. 
18. Underparts with distinct brown and white bars of 
about equal width. 4d oO. A _neck-tuft of ten or 
more rounded feathers. 4d. @. Neck-tufts much 
smaller; whole tail barred. Notes. Song, a loud 
“booming.’’ 
Range.—'‘Prairies of Mississippi Valley; south to Louisiana and 
Texas; east to Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Ontdrio; 
west through eastern portions of North Dakota, South Dakota, Ne- 
braska, Kansas and Indian Territory; north to Manitoba; general 
tendency to extension of range westward and contraction eastward; 
agiation north and south in Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri.”’ (A. 
UL) ) 
305a. Attwater Prairie Hen (7. a.  attwater?). 
Similar to No. 305, but smaller and darker; neck-tufts 
proportionately wide; tarsus not fully feathered. 
Range.—Southwestern Louisiana and eastern Texas. 
306. Heath Hen (Tympanuchus cupido). Similar to 
No. 305, but smaller; scapulars more broadly tipped 
with buff; neck-tuft of Jess than ten feathers; obtusely 
pointed; axillars barred with dusky. 
Range.—Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. 
307. Lesser Prairie Hen (Tympanuchus pallidicinc- 
tus). Similar to No. 305, but smaller, more buffy 
above; brown bars below narrower than. whitish 
spaces between them. Notes. Doubtless the same as 
those of No. 305. 
Range.—Southwestern parts of Kansas and western Indian Terrl- 
tory, western (and southern?) Texas. (Bendire.) 
%. 308. Sharp-tailed Grouse (Pediecetes phasianellus). 
L. 17. Breast feathers with internal V shaped Joops; 
no neck-tufts. ds, Prevailing color above black, 
narrowly barred with rusty and margined with paler. 
Renge-aliterior of British America, east to Rocky Mountains, 
about James Bay (Moose Factory) and the west.shore of Hudson 
Bay, northern Manitoba, north at least to Fort Simpson, Mackenzie 
River, northwest territory. (Bendire.) 
308a. Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse (P. p. :o- 
lumbianus). Similar to No. 308, but prevailing color 
above buffy. 
Range.— ‘‘Northwest United States; south to northeastern Cali- 
fornia, northern Nevada and Utah; east to Montana and Wyoming, 
west to Oregon and Washington; north, chiefly west of Rocky 
Mountains, through British Columbia to central Alaska (Fort Yukon)” 
(Bendire.) 
308b. Prairie Sharp-tailed Grouse (P. 9. camp- 
estris). Similar to No. 308a, but more rusty. Notes. 
Song, a bubbling crow, a rattling of tail-feathers, and 
stamping of feet. Calls, when disturbed, cack, cack, 
cack; a soft clear whistle and a grunt of alarm. (Seton.) 
Call of mother to young and of young in reply a gut- 
tural, raucous croak. (Grinnell.) 
Range —‘Plains and prairies of United States, north to Manitoba; 
east to Wisconsin and northern Illinois; west to eastern Colorado; 
south to eastern New Mexico.’’ (Bendire.) 
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