. The gallinaceous game birds of North America, including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys .. . dor, says that at this period the male does notspring into the air like the Willow Grouse, but, withspreading tail and dragging wings, runs around theobject of his affections, or else, with his breast pressedagainst the ground and outstretched neck, he strives topush himself along with his feet. At such times hisfeathers are all ruffled, his combs swollen and erect, and,while executing the most astonishing antics, such as toss-ing himself in the air unsupported by his wings, and e
. The gallinaceous game birds of North America, including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys .. . dor, says that at this period the male does notspring into the air like the Willow Grouse, but, withspreading tail and dragging wings, runs around theobject of his affections, or else, with his breast pressedagainst the ground and outstretched neck, he strives topush himself along with his feet. At such times hisfeathers are all ruffled, his combs swollen and erect, and,while executing the most astonishing antics, such as toss-ing himself in the air unsupported by his wings, and evenrolling over and over, as if quite crazy, he continues toutter a peculiar, growling kitrr-kiirr-hke sound. Themales are very pugnacious and fight desperately, andkeep it up until one is completely exhausted, while thefeathers that cover the ground attest the fierceness ofthe struggle. The hen seems quite indifYerent as to theresult of these conflicts, and shows little of the afifectiontoward the male which he exhibits for her. The youngare very delicate when first hatched, and doubtless many Vf»r>^-*-^. 35. Reinluirdts Ptarmi^-an. REINHARDTS PTARMIGAN. i55 perish in the sudden squalls of that changeable utter a soft pc-pc-pc, and are at first indistin-guishable from the young of the Willow Grouse. The food of this bird is the usual variety of seeds,insects, leaves, berries, and buds of dififerent plants andtrees, and one individual had his crop filled with sphag-num moss. They go in small coveys, and but one broodis raised in a season; each covey being composed, proba-bly, of members of the same brood. The eggs, depositedin June in a nest similar to that of the Rock Ptarmigan,are absolutely indistinguishable from those of thatspecies. LA GO PUS RUPESTRIS REINHARDTI. Geographical Distribution.—Northern Labrador, and islandson the west shore of Cumberland Gulf, Greenland. Adult Male in Sumuier.—Very similar in general pattern ofmarkings, and in coloration
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