Chapter II 
OPEN NESTS IN WOODS, THICKETS, SWAMPY 
THICKETS 
289. Bob-white; Quail: Colinus virginianus (Linn.) 
White eggs. 
See Page 35, Chapter I. 
289a. Florida Quail: Colinus virginianus floridanus 
(Coues) 
White eggs. 
See Page 36, Chapter I. 
298. Canada Grouse; Spruce Partridge: Dendragapus 
canadensis (Linn.) 
Adult 6—General colour dark grayish brown or nearly black, 
barred on the back ; breast mottled with whitish and buff, 
excepting lower part of breast, which is black tipped with 
white. Bright red shin over eye. 
Adult 9 —Upper parts lighter than in the 6. Length—15.00. 
Breeding Range—The more northern parts of New England and 
New York, northward. 
The nest, which is carefully hidden, generally beneath a 
low-lying spruce branch, is composed of leaves, dry ferns, moss, 
twigs, and sometimes weedy grass, placed on somewhat swampy 
ground in the dense northern forest. The eggs, numbering from 
8 to 16, are buff-coloured, with irregular blotches and spots of 
brown. Size—1.71 x 1.22. 
The Canada Grouse, or Spruce Partridge as it is more com- 
monly called, is an inhabitant of the dense forest region of the 
more northern parts of Maine and New York inthe United States, 
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