. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Sage-Hen enormous inflation under amatory excitement. Above them is a tuft of down-feathers, covered with a set of long soft filamentous plumes corresponding to the ruff of Bonasa. Many breast-feathers resemble the scaly ones of the neck, and are commonly found worn to a bristly 'thread-bare' state. Scaly bases of these feathers soiled white; thready ends blackish; fluffy feathers snowy-white, like wool, the longer overlying filamentous plumes
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Sage-Hen enormous inflation under amatory excitement. Above them is a tuft of down-feathers, covered with a set of long soft filamentous plumes corresponding to the ruff of Bonasa. Many breast-feathers resemble the scaly ones of the neck, and are commonly found worn to a bristly 'thread-bare' state. Scaly bases of these feathers soiled white; thready ends blackish; fluffy feathers snowy-white, like wool, the longer overlying filamentous plumes glossy black" (Coues). Adult female: Similar to male, but much smaller and without black of chin and throat; feathers of neck not strikingly peculiar. Length of cock (); wing (); tail (); weight 4 to 8 pounds. Adult hen: length ( ); wing (); tail (); weight 3 to 5 pounds. Recognition Marks.— Brant size; largest of American grouse; sage-haunting habits. Nesting.— Nest: A scantily-lined depression in ground under sage-bush. Eggs: 6 to 15, usually 8 or 9; olive-buff to deep olive-buff, dotted and spotted with dark brown. The marking is of different degrees of intensity, is well distributed, and varies in size from a pin-head to a pea, tending to circular forms. Av. size x ( x ). Season: April-May; one brood. General Range.—Sage-brush plains of western North America from south central British Columbia, southern Saskatchewan, and northwestern North Dakota, south to central eastern California, northwestern New Mexico, and northwestern Nebraska. Resident throughout its range. Distribution in California.—Resident in the northeastern plateau district east of the Sierras from eastern Siskiyou County east to eastern Modoc County and south to northern Inyo County. Formerly abundant; now greatly reduced in numbers and locally wanting. Author
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