. Frank Forester's Field sports of the United States, and British provinces, of North America . rts of the breast,yellowish gray, barred Avith brownish black; the lower parts,grayish black, barred with reddish white. The tail is minutelytipped and mottled with brownish red. The younger femaleshave more of the yellowish red tints than the old ones. In otherrespects, the coloring is nearly similar. Length, 1 Si inches; extent of wings, 21 ; weight, looz.—Audubon. Inasmuch as this rare and beautiful little species of Grouse isalmost entirely unknown to our sportsmen, as I have neverfound any who
. Frank Forester's Field sports of the United States, and British provinces, of North America . rts of the breast,yellowish gray, barred Avith brownish black; the lower parts,grayish black, barred with reddish white. The tail is minutelytipped and mottled with brownish red. The younger femaleshave more of the yellowish red tints than the old ones. In otherrespects, the coloring is nearly similar. Length, 1 Si inches; extent of wings, 21 ; weight, looz.—Audubon. Inasmuch as this rare and beautiful little species of Grouse isalmost entirely unknown to our sportsmen, as I have neverfound any who have killed it, and very few who are aware ofits existence; and as, with a single exception, I have never butonce shot it, though I have on several occasions tried for it inthe State of Maine, on the waters of the Penobscot, I cannotspeak as to its habits or haunts with any certainty, from my own, personal experience, or from the report of sportsmen. I am in-clined to believe, however, that it is not a bird which will befound to yield much sport, as I doubt its lying to setters or #- ■d. UPLAND SHOOTING. 7,^ pointers, or being met with in suiricient numbers to render tliepursuit of it pleasurable or exciting. The single specimen which I killed, rose suddenly from theground, which was covered witli snow to the depth of a foot ormore, in a little dell or basin, full of tall larch and spruce-firs,just as I came over the brow of the hill ; and 1 was fortunateenough to kill it at long range, by a snap shot. It was a finecock bird, agreeing in all respects accurately with the above de-scription, from the pages of the greatestlivingjiaturalist. Feeling that something more than this bare notice is due tothis beautiful bird, and with some faint hope that, by calling theattention of sportsmen to the undoubted fact of its existencewithin our sporting limits, I may add one to our list of game, Ishall proceed to quote from the author already noticed, whoseornithological distinctions and
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