. The land-birds and game-birds of New England; with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes, with illustrations;. Birds. GROUSE. 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 partSj tawny, becoming white behind. Throat, unmarked, or. Fig. 20. Ruffed Grouse. slightly waved; breast, with dull brown bars, dark-edged abov
. The land-birds and game-birds of New England; with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes, with illustrations;. Birds. GROUSE. 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 partSj tawny, becoming white behind. Throat, unmarked, or. Fig. 20. Ruffed 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 auriculars (or ear-feathers) are long and loose. b. The eggs average X 1-25 of an inch, vary from • * The coloration of the Ruffed ence to the fifteenth line of p. 408, it Grouse is variable, the tints varying is to be remarked that the Scotch from reddish to grayish. So in the Capercailzie is called the " Wood Quail, the chestnut is often restricted. ; [From the appendix (p. 444) particularly in the females. In refer- of the fii'st 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. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin
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