. . e sits three weeks. The young brood, as soon as theyare fairly out of the sheU, leave the nest and seem abun-dantly strong to follow the parent, though they are no big-ger than the end of ones thumb, covered with down. Themassena quail is an inhabitant of the Western and South-western States. THE DUSKY GROUSE • Under various names, as Blue Grouse, Grey Grouse,Mountain Grouse, Pine Grouse, and Fool-hen, this species,which is one of the finest birds of its family is geograph-ically distributed cliiefly throughout the wooded and esp
. . e sits three weeks. The young brood, as soon as theyare fairly out of the sheU, leave the nest and seem abun-dantly strong to follow the parent, though they are no big-ger than the end of ones thumb, covered with down. Themassena quail is an inhabitant of the Western and South-western States. THE DUSKY GROUSE • Under various names, as Blue Grouse, Grey Grouse,Mountain Grouse, Pine Grouse, and Fool-hen, this species,which is one of the finest birds of its family is geograph-ically distributed cliiefly throughout the wooded and espe-cially the evergreen regions of the Rocky Mountains to thePacific and northward into British America. Its food andhabits are similar to those of the ruffed grouse. Its foodconsists of insects and the berries and seeds of the pinecone, the leaves of the pines, and the buds of trees. It hasalso the same habits of budding in the trees during deepsnows. In the blue grouse, however, this habit of remain-ing and feeding in the trees is more decided and i
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