Bulletin - United States National Museum . ild Turkeys are to be found in the vicinity of Dead Eun,where he has himself frequently seen them during the past few Dam referred to is the one just beyond High Island, certainly notmore than half a mile above the District line. The whole range of hillson the Virginia side of the river, from Chain Bridge to and beyondGreat Falls, is thickly wooded, and in places so extremely wild andrugged that I have seldom gone far above the Dam without seeingsome Buffed Grouse or hearing their drumming. Mr. William , of Georgetown, is in the habit
Bulletin - United States National Museum . ild Turkeys are to be found in the vicinity of Dead Eun,where he has himself frequently seen them during the past few Dam referred to is the one just beyond High Island, certainly notmore than half a mile above the District line. The whole range of hillson the Virginia side of the river, from Chain Bridge to and beyondGreat Falls, is thickly wooded, and in places so extremely wild andrugged that I have seldom gone far above the Dam without seeingsome Buffed Grouse or hearing their drumming. Mr. William , of Georgetown, is in the habit of pasturing his horses at a friendsfarm on the Georgetown and Leesburg turnpike road, nine miles beyondChain Bridge. He informs me that he has shot a number of Wild Tur-keys in the woods between this farm and the river, where they couldalmost certainly be found at any season. [554] Family TETBAONID^E: (155.) Bonasa umbella. (Linn.) Steph. Buffed Grouse; all the year round, but not common. They are always in. Fig. 75.—Head of Huffed Grouse. the market in season, but mostly come from beyond the limits of theDistrict, [505] LIMICOLtE—CHARADRIID^E. 93 Family PERDICID^: (156.) Ortyx virginiana (Linn.) Bp. Partridge; Bob White. Eesident all the year round, and still not uncommon in the District andimmediate vicinity during the fall and winter months. It is naturallyone of the most domestic of birds, and, being very prolific, holds its own
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