. The gallinaceous game birds of North America, including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys . h-raceous, almost tawny, barred with black, and most of thefeathers tipped with white; tertials and innermost secondaries,similarly marked and colored, but with not so bright a hue; sec-ondaries, most of wing-coverts, and primaries, white, with palebrown shafts; middle tail feathers, like the back, remainder,clove brown, with white bases and tips; chin, white; throat,breast, and flanks, bright ochraceous, barred with black, andmany feathers with white tips; center of breast and belly
. The gallinaceous game birds of North America, including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys . h-raceous, almost tawny, barred with black, and most of thefeathers tipped with white; tertials and innermost secondaries,similarly marked and colored, but with not so bright a hue; sec-ondaries, most of wing-coverts, and primaries, white, with palebrown shafts; middle tail feathers, like the back, remainder,clove brown, with white bases and tips; chin, white; throat,breast, and flanks, bright ochraceous, barred with black, andmany feathers with white tips; center of breast and belly, white;under tail-coverts, pale ochraceous, barred regularly with black;thighs and tarsi, white; bill and claws, black. Total length,13:^ inches; wing, 7|; tail, 4i; tarsus, i; bill, f; exposed cul-men, \ inch. The females of this subspecies vary in color, some being verymuch lighter than the one just described, with correspondinglybroader black and white markings, and the white much clearerand purer. The Winter Plumage is pure white in both sexes, but themale has a black loral streak. ..rffni?!^frrrf!^^^.
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