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Sage Grouse 

 Group 





Love making of the prairie chicken In this position 

 and with oranffe-Ukc air sacks inflated, he produces a 

 booming sound which may carry a distance of two 

 miles. 



be found in the Far North, 

 and the bird hfe is arctic in 

 character. Here are nesting 

 the white-tailed ptarmigan, 

 rosy snow finches and pipits. 

 (Reproduced from studies in 

 the Cana(han Rockies.) 



This <;roup shows a stretch 

 of Western pla- 

 teau c o V e r e d 

 with sage bush. 

 In this bush is seen the male 

 sa<i;e grouse strutting and woo- 

 ing a mate. (Reproduced 

 from studies at Medicine Bow, 

 Wyoming.) 



The prairie chickens are 

 akin to the com- 

 mon grouse. The 

 group represents 

 a tji^ical scene 

 mating season. 



Prairie 



Chicken 



Group 



during the 



Wild Goose 

 Group 



The male ])irds go through most surprising antics in their efforts to 

 attract the females. They inflate the orange-colored sacs on the sides 

 of their necks, dancing and strutting about and uttering a loud, resonant, 

 booming note. (Reproduced from studies near Halsey, Xel)raska.) 

 Tlie wild goose is one of the first birds to migrate north in the spring. 



It nests in the lakes of Canada even before the ice is melted. 



To secure the young birds for this group it was necessary 



to hatch the eggs of the wild goose under a hen, so difficult 

 is it to find the young in nature. (Reproduced from studies made at 

 Crane Lak(% Saskatchewan, Canada.) 



The grebe is another of our aquatic birds which builds its nest near the 



water. During tlie incubation period the parent bird 

 Grebe Group usually covers the eggs with grass and reeds when leaving 



the nest. Nesting at the same lake with the grebe was the 

 redhead duck, which lays from fifteen to twenty eggs. (Reproduced 

 from studies made at Crane Lake, Saskatclu^wan, Canada.) 



Th(^ loon is justly famed for its skill as a diver, and can swim with 



great spcMnl \mder water. Its weird call is a familiar 

 Loon Group sound on the northern New England lakes. ^lany loons 



])a^s tlu^ winter at sea fifty mih^s or more from 



