. Forest and water . Water-supply; Forests and forestry; Water-supply; Forests and forestry. CHAPTER XXIII. 165 pleasing to the eye than the stomach. It is a fine appearing bird, the largest of the family in America. The courtship of the male is a remark- able performance, during which the bare yellow spots indicating the air sacs are enormously expanded, producing a strange sound. Perhaps the most peculiar feature of the bird, is that unlike all other gal- linaceous birds It has no gizzard. The common grouse of the Forest Reserves is the Sooty grouse— Den dragapus obscurus fuliginosus—also ca
. Forest and water . Water-supply; Forests and forestry; Water-supply; Forests and forestry. CHAPTER XXIII. 165 pleasing to the eye than the stomach. It is a fine appearing bird, the largest of the family in America. The courtship of the male is a remark- able performance, during which the bare yellow spots indicating the air sacs are enormously expanded, producing a strange sound. Perhaps the most peculiar feature of the bird, is that unlike all other gal- linaceous birds It has no gizzard. The common grouse of the Forest Reserves is the Sooty grouse— Den dragapus obscurus fuliginosus—also called the California grouse t ^ '—. Heati ot yuail. Life bizc. by some sportmen. Mr. F. S. Daggett tells me that me that he has seen it on the head waters of the Tule river, and has shot it at the head waters of the Kern river not far from Mount Whitney. It inhabits the evergreen forests of the Sierra Nevadas six thousand feet above the sea in summer, but in winter is found on the lower spurs at an altitude of two thousand feet. In the early spring the wanderer through the for- ests may hear the remarkable love note of the male, produced by con-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kinney, Abbot, 1850-1920. Los Angeles : Post Pub. Co.
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