. Birds the world over, as shown in habitat groups in Chicago Natural History Museum. Birds. Exhibit in Chicago Natural History Museum Ruff The ruff and his mate, the reeve, are shorebirds, relatives of sandpipers, of Europe and Asia. The male is remarkable for the ruff of elongated feathers which give him his name and which he dons only for the breeding season to use in his courtship display. The variation of the color and markings in the ruff is ; the omainental feathers may be black, chestnut, white, or barred. The tourneys of the ruff are classical examples of communal coiu'tship
. Birds the world over, as shown in habitat groups in Chicago Natural History Museum. Birds. Exhibit in Chicago Natural History Museum Ruff The ruff and his mate, the reeve, are shorebirds, relatives of sandpipers, of Europe and Asia. The male is remarkable for the ruff of elongated feathers which give him his name and which he dons only for the breeding season to use in his courtship display. The variation of the color and markings in the ruff is ; the omainental feathers may be black, chestnut, white, or barred. The tourneys of the ruff are classical examples of communal coiu'tship display; but many other species over the world ha\-e similar cominunit\' dances, notably the black- cock of northern Europe, the prairie chicken and the sage grouse of North America, the mannikin and the cock-of-the-rock of the American tropics, and some birds of paradise in New Guinea. Probably the display of the ruff is so widely known because its dances are held in open grass country where the birds can be watched. The species is common in Holland and thus its performances have long been accessible to students of birds. The scene in the exhibit is in Holland, where the flat green fields, waterways, graz- ing cattle, and windmills shown in its panoramic background are cominon features of the landscape. In the spring the males gather in some place that has been used for generations as a dancing ground. Each ruff has its own little bit of ground where its continual running about wears off the grass, so that the grassy meadow is dotted with regularlv placed, [55]. 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 Chicago Natural History Museum; Rand, Austin Loomer, 1905-1982; Blake, Emmet Reid, 1908-. [Chicago]
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