. The land-birds and game-birds of New England with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes. Birds. GKOUSE. 407 metallic bars. Back, minutely speckled with black, and streaked with light grayish spots, which are black-edged. Tail, gray, with a broad subterminal black band; elsewhere paler, or reddish, barred and finely vermiculated with black. Primaries, marked with whitish on the outer webs. Under parts, tawny, becoming white behind. Throat, unmarked, or. Fig. 20. BnfEed Grouse, slightly waved; breast, with dull brown bars, dark-edged above; sides, with umber b
. The land-birds and game-birds of New England with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes. Birds. GKOUSE. 407 metallic bars. Back, minutely speckled with black, and streaked with light grayish spots, which are black-edged. Tail, gray, with a broad subterminal black band; elsewhere paler, or reddish, barred and finely vermiculated with black. Primaries, marked with whitish on the outer webs. Under parts, tawny, becoming white behind. Throat, unmarked, or. Fig. 20. BnfEed Grouse, slightly waved; breast, with dull brown bars, dark-edged above; sides, with umber bars.* The tail usually has eigh- teen feathers, and is rounded, as in the " Prairie Hen," but is considerably longer. The aurioulars (or ear-feathers) are long and loose. h. The eggs, average X of an inch, vary from * The coloration of the Buffed Grouse is yariahle, the tints Tarying from reddish to grayish. So in the Qnail, the chestnut is often restricted, particularly in the females. In refer- ence to the fifteenth line of p. 408, it is to be remarked that the Scotch Capercailzie is called the " Wood ; [From the appendix (p. 444) of the first edition.]. 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 Minot, Henry Davis, 1859-1890; Brewster, William, 1851-1919. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin
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