. The gallinaceous game birds of North America, including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys .. . theCanada Grouse, which reaches the Pacific Coast in thatTerritory; but it is Franklins Grouse that is met within the mountains of the Coast Range in British experience with this bird has been gained mainlyin the last-named mountains, where I have met with iton various occasions. It inhabits similar localities tothose frequented by the Spruce Grouse, and is equallytame and confiding, hardly taking the trouble to moveout of the way of man or horse—perhaps mule would be.
. The gallinaceous game birds of North America, including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys .. . theCanada Grouse, which reaches the Pacific Coast in thatTerritory; but it is Franklins Grouse that is met within the mountains of the Coast Range in British experience with this bird has been gained mainlyin the last-named mountains, where I have met with iton various occasions. It inhabits similar localities tothose frequented by the Spruce Grouse, and is equallytame and confiding, hardly taking the trouble to moveout of the way of man or horse—perhaps mule would better term—and seems quite indifferent to the presenceof intruders in its haunts. As a game bird it afTords nosport whatever, and an entire flock can be killed beforeIt enters the head of any of its members that it would bea wise thing to take wing and seek some more healthylocality. I have met flocks of this species, perhaps con-sisting of eight or ten individuals, dusting themselves inthe trails crossing the mountains, or scattered about themon either side, and could easily have bagged the entire lot. d^r$ . ■:^: I^Mwmlirllirife?^ rV SM 22. Franklins Grouse. FRANKLINS GROUSE. 107 without creating an alarm, or causing the birds to makeany attempt at flight. Of course nothing but the neces-sity of obtaining food for the camp would excuse suchthorough slaughter, for certainly there was no sport inshooting creatures that would not get out of the way,nor rarely make an attempt to fly, and it seemed apity to kill birds for the pot that were so rare in all orni-thological collections. A pair obtained on one of theseoccasions, I am glad to think, is now in the collection ofthe American Museum of Natural History in New males of Franklins Grouse are like their relativesof the other species, pugnacious creatures, attackingalmost anything, and very fearless. This trait is ofcourse exhibited chiefly during the mating season, butthey are quite ready to act on the offensiv
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