. The land-birds and game-birds of New England; with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes, with illustrations; . well as some of thehigher mountains of southern NewHampshire and western Massachu-setts, are all nearly or quite typicalrepresentatives of togata. Not lesstypical of umbellus are the bright ru-fous Grouse of Marthas Vineyard andCape Cod, but those found elsewherein eastern Massachusetts, as well as inConnecticut (even as far south as Say-brook), vary exceedingly in color andmarkings (especially in the color ofthe tail), and can seldom be satisfac-t
. The land-birds and game-birds of New England; with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes, with illustrations; . well as some of thehigher mountains of southern NewHampshire and western Massachu-setts, are all nearly or quite typicalrepresentatives of togata. Not lesstypical of umbellus are the bright ru-fous Grouse of Marthas Vineyard andCape Cod, but those found elsewherein eastern Massachusetts, as well as inConnecticut (even as far south as Say-brook), vary exceedingly in color andmarkings (especially in the color ofthe tail), and can seldom be satisfac-torily referred to either of the formshere considered. As a rule they aremore or less intermediate between thetwo, but they also exhibit all manner ofindividual and local variations. —W. B. GROUSE. 407 metallic bars. Back, minutely speckled with black, andstreaked witli light grayish spots, which are , gray, with a broad subterminal black band; elsewherepaler, or reddish, barred and finely vermiculated with , marked with whitish on the outer webs. Underparts, tawny, becoming white behind. Throat, unmarked, or. Fig. 20. Ruffed Grouse, slightly waved; breast, with dull brown bars, dark-edgedabove; sides, with umber bars.* The tail usually has eigh-teen feathers, and is rounded, as in the Prairie Hen, butis considerably longer. The auriculars (or ear-feathers) arelong and loose. h. The eggs average X 1-25 of an inch, vary from * The coloration of the RuffedGrouse is variable, the tints varyingfrom reddish to grayish. So in theQuail, the chestnut is often restricted,particularly in the females. In refer- ence to the fifteenth line of p. 40S, itis to he remarked that the ScotchCapercailzie is called the WoodGrouse. [From the appendix (p. 444)of the first edition.] 408 GAME-BIRDS. drab buff to rich reddish buff, and are sometimes eight to fifteen are laid together in the latter part ofMay. The nest consists of a few leaves and grasses
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