. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. 158 TETRAONID^ : GROUSE. the bird may be said to inhabit at present only the three southern New England States. That it overlaps at times, or in particular localities, into the other three, is doubtless a fact. It is a true component of the Alle- ghanian and other more southern Faunas, its range being complementary to that of the Spruce Grouse, Canace canadensis : and the scattering coveys in south- ern Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont are rather evidence of this f
. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. 158 TETRAONID^ : GROUSE. the bird may be said to inhabit at present only the three southern New England States. That it overlaps at times, or in particular localities, into the other three, is doubtless a fact. It is a true component of the Alle- ghanian and other more southern Faunas, its range being complementary to that of the Spruce Grouse, Canace canadensis : and the scattering coveys in south- ern Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont are rather evidence of this fact than of the assumption that the bird should be considered native to New England at large. The range appears, moreover, to have been arti-. FiG. 34. — Bill and Foot op Quail. ficially restricted of late years as a consequence of the persecution to which the birds are always subjected. In fine, Massachusetts is practically the limit of the Bob- white, and it is not found to be numerously or evenly distributed throughout that State. A contributor to Minot's " Birds of New England " has prepared the following agreeable sketch: "The Quail are abundant in the three Southern States of New England, except in the colder and more hilly portions. They are not found much to the east or north of Bos- ton, in the neighborhood of which, however, they are resident throughout the year. Our observations on. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Dillingham
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