Annual report . ^ to grayish rather than rufous on the upper parts and thetail is usually gray. Birds from the Adirondacks are nearly typical ofthis subspecies. In size they are the same as the subspecies u m b e 11 u s . As stated under the common Ruffed grouse, the birds from a largeportion of New York State are intermediate between this subspecies and thepreceding. It is practically impossible to assign many New York specimensto one subspecies or the other. The illustration on page 372, of typicalNew York birds will show the degree of darkness in the barring of the underparts, which is the
Annual report . ^ to grayish rather than rufous on the upper parts and thetail is usually gray. Birds from the Adirondacks are nearly typical ofthis subspecies. In size they are the same as the subspecies u m b e 11 u s . As stated under the common Ruffed grouse, the birds from a largeportion of New York State are intermediate between this subspecies and thepreceding. It is practically impossible to assign many New York specimensto one subspecies or the other. The illustration on page 372, of typicalNew York birds will show the degree of darkness in the barring of the underparts, which is the most tangible means of distinction between two varieties are identical in habits and their eggs Willo. pta^i^an la^opus (Linnaeus). Specimen in summer plun^age. American Museum of Natural History, s nat. size BIRDS OF NEW YORK 375
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