. North American birds eggs . th, brownishabove and grayish below, with bars of brownish black both above and the place of the ruffs of the Ruffed (irouse, are long tufts of rounded or squareended feathers, and beneath these a peculiar sac, bright orange in the breeding North American Birds Eggs. 143 season, and capalile of l)eing inflated to the size of a small orange; this is donewhen the bird makes its familiar l:)oom- ing noise. They are very goi^d table ••-T •■•.. birds and although they are still very , • -■. abundant in most of tlieir range, so many ■, . -■..■ are being killed
. North American birds eggs . th, brownishabove and grayish below, with bars of brownish black both above and the place of the ruffs of the Ruffed (irouse, are long tufts of rounded or squareended feathers, and beneath these a peculiar sac, bright orange in the breeding North American Birds Eggs. 143 season, and capalile of l)eing inflated to the size of a small orange; this is donewhen the bird makes its familiar l:)oom- ing noise. They are very goi^d table ••-T •■•.. birds and although they are still very , • -■. abundant in most of tlieir range, so many ■, . -■..■ are being killed for market, that it has .,• . • • •. liecome necessary to make more stringentlaws relating to the killing and sale of Pin-nated Grouse, as they are often nest anywhere on the prairie, in hol-lows in the ground under overhangingbushes or tufts of grass. They lay fnjmeight to fifteen eggs having a buffy or olivebuff ground color, sparingly and finelysprinkled with brown; size x 305a. Attwater Prairie Hen. Tijmpanurhus niiieiicdiiiix iittuyitrri. Range.—Coast region of Louisiana and Texas. This is a slightly smaller and darker variety of the Pinnated Grouse. Itseggs cannot be distinguished from those of the more northerly distributed bird. 306. Heath Hen. Tyinpcunii-htis rnjjiilo. Range.—Island of Marthas Vineyard, Mass. This species is similar to the preceding, but has the scapulars more broadlytipped with buff, the axillars barred, and the pinnated feathers on the neckpointed. It is slightly smaller than the western species. It is found on thewooded portions of the island, where its breeding habits are the same as those ofthe Ruffed Grouse. Mr. Brewster probably has the only authentic set of the eggsof this species. They are of a yellowish green color and are unspotted. X A number of Prairie Hens liberated on the island several years agoare apparently thriving well, and nests found there now would be fully as
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