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  GROUSE 
  AND 
  WILD 
  TURKEYS 
  OF 
  UNITED 
  STATES. 
  

  

  Page. 
  

  

  Kentucky, 
  early 
  abundance 
  of 
  grouse 
  12 
  

  

  Lacey 
  Act, 
  game 
  protection 
  12 
  

  

  Lagopus 
  lagopus 
  44-46 
  

  

  leucurus 
  47—48 
  

  

  lupestris 
  = 
  46-47 
  

  

  Laws 
  protecting 
  game 
  12,29,47 
  

  

  Lesser 
  prairie 
  hen, 
  abundance, 
  distribution, 
  and 
  food 
  habits__: 
  19-20 
  

  

  Locusts 
  destroyed 
  by 
  grouse 
  and 
  turkeys 
  14,50 
  

  

  Maryland, 
  trapping 
  turkeys 
  48 
  

  

  Mast, 
  eating 
  by 
  grouse 
  and 
  wild 
  turkeys 
  31,52 
  

  

  Meleagris 
  gallopavo 
  48-52 
  

  

  Minnesota, 
  grouse, 
  destruction 
  28 
  

  

  New 
  England, 
  destruction 
  of 
  turkeys 
  48 
  

  

  North 
  Carolina, 
  turkey 
  hunting 
  49 
  

  

  Oats, 
  destruction 
  by 
  grouse 
  17,20,22,24,43 
  

  

  Partridge. 
  See 
  Bobwhite 
  and 
  Huffed 
  grouse. 
  

  

  Pecliocetes 
  phasianeUus 
  20-23 
  

  

  Pheasant. 
  See 
  Ruffed 
  grouse. 
  

  

  Plants 
  eaten 
  by 
  grouse, 
  list 
  35 
  

  

  Poisonous 
  plants, 
  effect 
  of 
  eating 
  on 
  fiesh 
  of 
  grouse 
  34,35,36 
  

  

  Prairie 
  hen, 
  breeding 
  habits, 
  migration, 
  description, 
  distribution 
  10,20 
  

  

  domestication 
  13 
  

  

  enemies 
  13 
  

  

  food 
  for 
  man, 
  use 
  10-11 
  

  

  grain 
  food 
  17 
  

  

  habits 
  13-18 
  

  

  of 
  young 
  18 
  

  

  insect 
  food 
  14-15 
  

  

  leaves, 
  flowers, 
  and 
  shoots 
  as 
  food 
  17-18 
  

  

  Lesser, 
  distribution 
  and 
  habits 
  19-20 
  

  

  man's 
  ally 
  11 
  

  

  object 
  of 
  sport 
  11 
  

  

  propagation 
  and 
  preservation 
  11-13 
  

  

  vegetable 
  food 
  15-18 
  

  

  Ptarmigan, 
  Rock, 
  distribution, 
  value, 
  and 
  general 
  habits 
  46-47 
  

  

  White-tailed, 
  distribution 
  and 
  general 
  habits 
  47-48 
  

  

  Willow, 
  distribution, 
  habits, 
  and 
  use 
  as 
  food 
  for 
  man 
  44-46 
  

  

  Quail. 
  See 
  Bobwhite. 
  

  

  Restocking, 
  grouse 
  and 
  turkey, 
  importance 
  9 
  

  

  Rock 
  ptarmigan, 
  distribution, 
  value, 
  habits 
  46-47 
  

  

  food 
  for 
  man, 
  use 
  46 
  

  

  habits 
  46-47 
  

  

  Ruffed 
  grouse, 
  aesthetic 
  value 
  27 
  

  

  breeding 
  habits_ 
  26-27 
  

  

  buds 
  and 
  leaves 
  as 
  food 
  32-35 
  

  

  color 
  differences 
  25 
  

  

  description, 
  general 
  habits, 
  food, 
  etc 
  25-38 
  

  

  distribution 
  25 
  

  

  domestication, 
  problem 
  29 
  

  

  drumming 
  habits 
  26-27 
  

  

  enemies 
  28 
  

  

  food 
  for 
  man, 
  use 
  28 
  

  

  habits 
  29-38 
  

  

  of 
  young 
  38 
  

  

  fruit 
  food 
  35-38 
  

  

  insect 
  food 
  29-31 
  

  

  note 
  27 
  

  

  object 
  of 
  sport 
  28 
  

  

  preservation 
  and 
  propagation 
  28-29 
  

  

  vegetable 
  food 
  31-38 
  

  

  Sage 
  grouse, 
  breeding 
  habits 
  and 
  food 
  habits 
  23-25 
  

  

  distribution 
  23 
  

  

  domestication 
  25 
  

  

  food 
  for 
  man, 
  use 
  25 
  

  

  habits 
  24-25 
  

  

  propagation 
  . 
  25 
  

  

  