CONTENTS 



PAGE 



I. Introduction i 



II. Guns and Dogs 9 



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



BOOK I 



GALLINACEOUS BIRDS 



IV. Gallinaceous Birds 41 



PHEASANTS 



V. The Wild Turkey .46 



VI. The Pheasant^ 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 



XI. The Ruffed-Grouse 8^ 



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 



