. The gallinaceous game birds of North America [microform] : including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys; with accounts of their dispersion, habits, nesting, etc., and full descriptions of the plumage of both adult and young, together with their popular and scientific names : a book written both for those who love to seek these birds afield with dog and gun, as well as those who may only desire to learn the ways of such attractive creatures in their haunts. Game and game birds; Galliformes; Birds; Gibier; Galliformes; Oiseaux. â¢:!!â 128 GAME BIRDS Of NORTH AMERICA. on trees.
. The gallinaceous game birds of North America [microform] : including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys; with accounts of their dispersion, habits, nesting, etc., and full descriptions of the plumage of both adult and young, together with their popular and scientific names : a book written both for those who love to seek these birds afield with dog and gun, as well as those who may only desire to learn the ways of such attractive creatures in their haunts. Game and game birds; Galliformes; Birds; Gibier; Galliformes; Oiseaux. â¢:!!â 128 GAME BIRDS Of NORTH AMERICA. on trees. I think, however, this is a common habit of all Sharp-tailed Grouse if they happen to be in a country where trees abound, and it is a very usual occurrence in winter, or early in the morning durinj^ the autumn, to see numbers of Grouse standing or sitting upon tiiu branches. When flushed they always cackle as they rise, and fly swiftly in a straight line, alternately sailing alonj^ and then flapping the wings with a few quick, short strokes. They are able to go long distances without stopping, but, as a rule, when not much hunted, they alight after making a short flight. As the country be- comes settled this Grouse is more seldom met with, as it retires to the wilder portions of the land, for, unlike the Pinnated Grouse, it is a bird of the wilderness and shuns man's habitations. * ^ w''i!'|!;!i I. â ":. PEDICECETES PHASIANELLUS COLUMBIANUS. Geographical Distribtttion.âEastern Rocky Mountains, from Montana and Wyoming to Oregon and Washington, then north- ward west of mountains to Central Alaska. Adult Male.âUpper parts, grayish buff, with but a little of the rusty hue (this, if present, confined to the middle of tlie back), and barred, mottled, and occasionally blotched with black; the white markings and spots on scapulars and wings not so con- spicuous as in the previous species, when contrasted with the hue of the general plumage; throat and sides of face pale bu
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