. The gallinaceous game birds of North America, including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys .. . is proved by the few white 16s 166 GAME BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. feathers scattered among the black ones, and also by the whiteforehead. In the perfect breeding plumage these white featherswould probably be absent. Adult Female in Sieiiimer.—Entire plumage of body, ochrace-ous, palest on the throat, blotched and barred on the back withblack, and the feathers having white tips; on the breast andflanks the black blotches are much fewer, but the black bars arebroader, and there are no
. The gallinaceous game birds of North America, including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys .. . is proved by the few white 16s 166 GAME BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. feathers scattered among the black ones, and also by the whiteforehead. In the perfect breeding plumage these white featherswould probably be absent. Adult Female in Sieiiimer.—Entire plumage of body, ochrace-ous, palest on the throat, blotched and barred on the back withblack, and the feathers having white tips; on the breast andflanks the black blotches are much fewer, but the black bars arebroader, and there are no white tips on the breast feathers, butthose on the abdomen and some on the flanks are broadly tippedwith white; under tail-coverts, ochraceous, barred with black;the tertials, inner secondaries, and some of the greater wing-coverts, ochraceous, like the back, barred and tipped with white;remainder of wing and primaries, pure white, with the shafts ofthe latter, pale brown; bill and claws, black. Total length,i2| inches; wing, b-^^; tail, 4|; tarsus, i|; exposed culmen, ^^. In winter both sexes turn
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