. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. I6 BIRDS OF AMERICA FRANKLIN'S GROUSE Canachites franklini (DoiKjlas) \. O. U. Xumber 299 Other Names.— Franklin's Spruce Grouse; Fool Hen; Mountain Grouse; Wood Grouse; Tyee Grouse. Description.—Adult Male: Size, shape, and color of the Hudsonian Spruce Partridge; tail, longer and more even with broader feathers, but without terminal orange bar; its upper coverts broadly tipped with pure white. Adult Fem.^kle: Differs from the female Spruce Partridge in having the tail-coverts white tipped and tail tipped with white instead of orange-brown ; other-
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. I6 BIRDS OF AMERICA FRANKLIN'S GROUSE Canachites franklini (DoiKjlas) \. O. U. Xumber 299 Other Names.— Franklin's Spruce Grouse; Fool Hen; Mountain Grouse; Wood Grouse; Tyee Grouse. Description.—Adult Male: Size, shape, and color of the Hudsonian Spruce Partridge; tail, longer and more even with broader feathers, but without terminal orange bar; its upper coverts broadly tipped with pure white. Adult Fem.^kle: Differs from the female Spruce Partridge in having the tail-coverts white tipped and tail tipped with white instead of orange-brown ; other- wise the birds are indistinguishable. Nest and Eggs.— Nesting habits, and number and color of eggs are similar to those of the .Spruce Partridge. Distribution.— Southern Alaska, central British Columbia, central Alberta, south to Oregon. Idaho, and Montana. The pojnilar name " Fool Hen " is applied to the Franklin's Grouse and various other species of northern Grouse, and to other species of gal- linaceous game birds, who fail to act promptly. Photo by T. H. Riggall Courtesy of Field and Stream FRANKLIN'S GROUSE Regarding its enemy with friendly curiosity on the well-known fact that the average man will murder them on sight. This misplaced con- fidence by the Franklin's Grouse persists in a de- gree which is almost incredible. Often, a flock of them feeding on a trail will do no more than step aside as the destroyer approaches, or if they actually take to their wings they will perch in nearby trees, and regard their enemy with friendly curiosity, declining to move even when their confidence is rewarded by a volley of sticks and stones. George Bird Grinnell records an instance of one bird who sat quite still on a limb while a man shot at him several times with a rifle. The man was a bad shot but finally a bullet cut a foot off the Grouse, whereupon the bird simply shifted its weight to the other foot, and continued to sit still until the marksman was at last s
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