. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology, an outline of the structure and classification of birds, and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . The food ofthis bird consistslargely of cultivatedgrain, as well as of agreat variety of seedsand berries, and alsoinsects. The winter-ing packs break upusually in March;there is t
. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology, an outline of the structure and classification of birds, and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . The food ofthis bird consistslargely of cultivatedgrain, as well as of agreat variety of seedsand berries, and alsoinsects. The winter-ing packs break upusually in March;there is then a periodof courtship withstrange antics andmuch booming noisebefore the birds quietlypair oflf; the eggs maybe found from the lat-ter part of that monththrough the summer,but mostly April-June. They are in-definitely numerous, averaging over a dozen, and more than 20 have been found in one nest;they average X 1-30, with extremes in length of to , thus averaging shorter,rounder, and smaller than those of the Sharp-tail; pale greenish-gray, with sometimes aglaucous bloom, usually unmarked, sometimes very minutely dotted with brown. (Cupi-donia cupido of former editions of the Key, as of most authors since Baird, 1858, nee Tetraocupido Linn, as abov: restricted; C. pinnata Brewst. Auk, Jan. 1885, p. 82; Tympanu-chns pinnatus Ridgw. 18£5; Cupidonia americana Reich. Syst. 1852, p. xxix, based. Fig. 497. — Prairie Hen. (From Lewis.) TETRAONIDyE: GROUSE. 741 oa VoUst. Naturg. Hiihnen, pi. 217, figs. 1896-8; Tympamtchus americanus, A. 0. 305.) T. a. attwateri. (To H. P. Attwater.) Attwaters Praiuie Hex. A form describedfrom the coast region of Louisiana and 7. attwateri Bexdire, Forest and Stream,May 18, 1893, p. 425. T. a. attirateri A. 0. U. Suppl. List, Auk, Apr. 1894, p. 130; CheckList, 2d ed. 1895, No. 305 a. T. pallidicinctus. (Lat. paUidtts, pale; cinctus, begirt.) Pale Pinnated Prairie Hen. Above, dark markings not in excess of
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