1893 
Tyrapanuchus cupido. 
Mass. 
Martha*- s Vineyard .- ing for Grouse. Mr, Waldon told him that 
only a few days before his arrival one of the West Tisbury peo- 
ple showed him a Heath Hen which he had just killed. Besides 
the two birds which he started and the five or six reported to 
be living on Professor Shaler's farm Mr. Bangs heard of a flock 
of seven or eight which had been frequently seen near the 
German! s (where Faxon and I found several in May 1891) but he 
searched for them in vain. His experience confirms my impress- 
ion that most of the Martha's Vineyard people, including even 
the sportsmen and fox hunters, confound the Heath Hen with the 
Ruffed Grouse. Indeed he talked with only two persons (Mr. 
Evans and Professor Shaler's head farmer) who seemed to know 
them apart. One man took him to a swamp to show him a pair of 
Heath Hens but when the birds were found and flushed they proved 
to be Ruffed Grouse althou^ the islander could not be convinced 
of his mistake. Mr. Bangs saw no less than nine Ruffed Grouse 
and believes ‘that at present they are mush more numerous than 
the Heath Kens, He is of the opinion that not more than 40 Or 
50 of the latter now exist on the whole island. 
Heath 
Hen. 
HI 
