252 AMERICAN GAME BIRD SHOOTING 
brownish gray. In length it varies from about 19 
inches for the largest males to about 15 inches for the 
smallest females, and the wing measures from 8 to 84 
inches. Most of the tail feathers are extremely stiff, 
pointed and white-edged. 
This northern bird is found in central Alaska, and 
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in the interior of British Provinces, north as far as 
Great Slave Lake, south as far as Moose Factory, 
Lake Winnipeg, Temiscaming, the northern shore of 
Lake Superior and the east side of James’ Bay, in 
Labrador. It is never seen in the United States. 
The western sharp-tailed grouse, or Columbian 
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SHARPTAILED GROUSE 
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