Grouse and PtapTinigau 



300. 



300. Ruffed Grouse; 'Partridge;' 'Pheasant' (Bon- 

 aia umlellus). L. 17. y^il. J*. Prevailing color 

 above rusty brown; tail rusty or gray. ^d. 9- Sim- 

 ilar but neck-tufts smaller. Notes, The male pro- 

 duces a drumming sound by rapidly beating its wings; 

 the female utters a cluck and when defending her brood, 

 a singular low whlnmg sound. 



R^nge. —Eastern United States from Minnesota, southern Ontario, 

 sojthern New Hampshire and ioutliern Vermont, south to VIrKlni i 

 and along tne Alleghanies tu Georgia; we^t Lo noi thwtf:>lern Arkansas. 



300a. Canadian Ruffed Grouse (8. u. iogata). 

 Similar to Nu. 300, but slightly grayt:r above; tail 

 generally gray; bars on breast and belly darker and 

 better defined. 



Range.— Spruce forests of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Maine 

 northern New Hampshire, northern Vermont and south to higher 

 mouniains of Massachusetts and northern New Yorit; west to eastern 

 slope of coasl ranges of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia; 

 north to James Bay. 



300b. Gray Ruffed Qrouse (B. u. umbelloides). 

 Similar to No, 300a, but grayer; prevailing color of 

 upper'parts, including crown, gray; tail always gray. 



Range. — Rocky Mountains, from Colorado north to latitude 65° tn 

 Alaska, east to Mackenzie and^opiar woods of western Manitoba. 



300c. Oregon Ruffed Grouse (B. u. sabini) Sim- 

 ilar to No. 300, but much darker, prevailing color of 

 upper parts rusty brown; tail always rusty brown. 



Range.— Pacific coast ranges from Cape Mendocino, California, 

 north to British Columbia. 



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