. The gallinaceous game birds of North America, including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys .. . ; tail, 4|; bill at gape, %\ tarsus, if. Adult Female in Autumn resembles the summer plumage ofthe male, but has a generally more grayish appearance, and withthe back more conspicuously and profusely blotched with black;no indication of black upon the lores, but upon the flanks are oc-casional feathers broadly barred with black and white, the lattersometimes tinged with yellow, as is characteristic of the summerdress of the adult female; the throat and neck are more conspicu-ously
. The gallinaceous game birds of North America, including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys .. . ; tail, 4|; bill at gape, %\ tarsus, if. Adult Female in Autumn resembles the summer plumage ofthe male, but has a generally more grayish appearance, and withthe back more conspicuously and profusely blotched with black;no indication of black upon the lores, but upon the flanks are oc-casional feathers broadly barred with black and white, the lattersometimes tinged with yellow, as is characteristic of the summerdress of the adult female; the throat and neck are more conspicu-ously barred with black and white than in the male, and havemore the appearance of a white ground barred with black; theabdomen and under tail-coverts are pure white, and the tailfeathers are tipped with white. Winter Plumage, pure white, with a black loral streak in Z£\vvliv, Slve^jjavi,, 37. Nelsons Ptarmigan. NELSONS PTARMIGAN. npHIS is a little-known race of Ptarmigan, specimensof which were procured by Mr. Nelson on Unalaska,one of the Aleutian Islands. It is said by Mr. Turnerto be very abundant there, and also in Uminak, Akutan,and Akun, other islands of the same chain, and is a resi-dent wherever found, seldom leaving the island in whichit was born. It prefers rocky ledges, but roosts and rearsits young in the valleys. The mating season commencesin May and lasts about three weeks, and the nest isusually placed in the tall grass. It is a very carelessaffair, comi)osed of a little grass and some feathers fromthe hens breast, and before incubation is completed theeggs are generally lying on the bare ground. The num-ber of these varies from nine to seventeen, but eleven isthe usual number. The period of incubation was notascertained. The birds never go in large flocks, thosethat were seen being apparently the parents and theirbrood of a previ
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