﻿CONTENTS 
  

  

  Page. 
  

  

  Introduction 
  7 
  

  

  The 
  prairie 
  hen 
  ( 
  Tympanuchus 
  americanus) 
  . 
  _ 
  .. 
  10 
  

  

  Preservation 
  and 
  propagation 
  .. 
  11 
  

  

  Food 
  habits 
  13 
  

  

  Insect 
  food 
  .' 
  . 
  14 
  

  

  Vegetable 
  food 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  15 
  

  

  Food 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  18 
  

  

  The 
  heath 
  hen 
  {Tympanuchus 
  cupido) 
  18 
  

  

  The 
  lesser 
  prairie 
  hen 
  ( 
  Tympanuchus 
  pallidicinctus) 
  ... 
  19 
  

  

  The 
  sharp-tailed 
  grouse 
  {Pedioecetes 
  phasianellus) 
  ... 
  20 
  

  

  Food 
  habits 
  21 
  

  

  Insect 
  food 
  21 
  

  

  Vegetable 
  food 
  . 
  22 
  

  

  The 
  sage 
  grouse 
  ( 
  Centrocercus 
  urophasianus) 
  . 
  23 
  

  

  Food 
  habits- 
  . 
  24 
  

  

  The 
  ruffed 
  grouse 
  (Bonasa 
  umbellus) 
  25 
  

  

  Preservation 
  and 
  propagation 
  28 
  

  

  Food 
  habits 
  29 
  

  

  Insect 
  food 
  29 
  

  

  Vegetable 
  food 
  . 
  . 
  ,/ 
  '. 
  31 
  

  

  Food 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  38 
  

  

  The 
  spruce 
  grouse 
  (Canachites 
  canadensis) 
  ... 
  38 
  

  

  Food 
  habits 
  39 
  

  

  The 
  Franklin 
  grouse 
  ( 
  Canachites 
  franklini) 
  40 
  

  

  The 
  dusky 
  grouse 
  (Dendragapus 
  obscurus) 
  41 
  

  

  Food 
  habits 
  42 
  

  

  Vegetable 
  food 
  . 
  . 
  42 
  

  

  The 
  willow 
  ptarmigan 
  (Lagopus 
  lagopus) 
  44 
  

  

  Food 
  habits 
  . 
  45 
  

  

  The 
  rock 
  ptarmigan 
  {Lagopus 
  rupestris) 
  . 
  . 
  46 
  

  

  Food 
  habits 
  46 
  

  

  The 
  white-tailed 
  ptarmigan 
  {Lagopus 
  leucurus) 
  47 
  

  

  Food 
  habits 
  . 
  . 
  47 
  

  

  The 
  wild 
  turkey 
  {Meleagris 
  gallopavo) 
  48 
  

  

  Food 
  habits 
  49 
  

  

  