. The American sportsman: . THE PRAIKIE-HEN. 211 MEMORANDA. 1. The prairie-hen is now almost exclusively confined to theopen champaign countries of the West. 2. Their habits and modes of life are very different from thoseof the ruffed grouse; the one seeking the seclusion of the deepestforests, while the other delights only in the open plains. 3. The time of pairing, period of incubation, number of young,and habits of male birds, all much the same as the ruffed grouse. 4. The cock birds at the pairing season are heard tooting in-stead of drumming; they are very pugnacious, and fight withgreat
. The American sportsman: . THE PRAIKIE-HEN. 211 MEMORANDA. 1. The prairie-hen is now almost exclusively confined to theopen champaign countries of the West. 2. Their habits and modes of life are very different from thoseof the ruffed grouse; the one seeking the seclusion of the deepestforests, while the other delights only in the open plains. 3. The time of pairing, period of incubation, number of young,and habits of male birds, all much the same as the ruffed grouse. 4. The cock birds at the pairing season are heard tooting in-stead of drumming; they are very pugnacious, and fight withgreat spirit among themselves during the period of courtship. 5. Unlike the ruffed grouse, the pinnated are easily domesticated,and will pair and hatch in captivity; they exhibit no disposition tomigrate, as the other variety does. 6. Their meat is dark, and inferior to that of the ruffed
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