. The birds of Maine; with key to and description of the various species known to occur or to have occured in the state, an account of their distribution and migration, showing their relative abundance in the various counties of the state as well as other regions, and contributions to their life histories . the practical exclusion of the other and barredand mottled with black; a broad brownish or blackish subterminal bar atend of tail, the feathers tipped with grayish ; throat and breast ochraceousbuff, the feathers of throat more or less narrowly edged with blackish andthose of breast with st
. The birds of Maine; with key to and description of the various species known to occur or to have occured in the state, an account of their distribution and migration, showing their relative abundance in the various counties of the state as well as other regions, and contributions to their life histories . the practical exclusion of the other and barredand mottled with black; a broad brownish or blackish subterminal bar atend of tail, the feathers tipped with grayish ; throat and breast ochraceousbuff, the feathers of throat more or less narrowly edged with blackish andthose of breast with still more well defined edgings; a more or less welldefined blackish band on breast; rest of under parts white, strongly barredwith black, grayish brown or hair brown of varying shades of intensity indifferent individuals; bars always stronger on or towards sides than on breastand belly. Plumage of adult female: neck tufts smaller than in male; sub-terminal tail band generally averaging narrower and somewhat plumage: very similar but neck tufts poorly developed or onlyslightly indicated, developing more and more according to age; feathers ofchest and breast spotted with blackish, producing a striped appearance tosome degree. Downy young: a black stripe from rear of eye across ear. CANADIAN RUFFED GROUSK ON AND EGGS OF THE CANADIAN RUFFED GROUSE. Photograph bv Ora Willis Knight. GROUSE, PARTRIDGES 201 coverts; above chestnut buff, deeper on occiput; below pale buff. to ; bill from nostril Geog. Dist.—From Massachusetts, northern New York, New HampshireVermont, Maine, and the British Provinces west to Oregon, Washington, andBritish Columbia, north to James Bay. County Dist. — Androscoggin; common resident, (Call). Aroostook;common resident locally, (Knight). Cumberland; common resident, (Mead).Franklin ; common resident, (Lee & McLain). Hancock; common residentboth inland and on many of the wooded islands, (Knight). Kennebec;com
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