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 }6, Chapter !. 



298. Canada Grouse; Spruce Partridge: Dendragapus 

 canadensis (Linn.) 



Adul/ 3 — 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 5 — Upper parts lighter than in the 3 . 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 in the United States, 



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