. The gallinaceous game birds of North America, including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys . ed with brown; lower parts, buff on thechest, white on remaining parts, barred with brown, darkest andmost conspicuous on the flanks, and just beneath the throat;under tail-coverts, buff, barred with blackish and with a V-shapedwhite mark at tip; tail, gray or yellowish brown; sometimesrusty, mottled with black, and crossed by irregular buff bands,bordered above by black, and a broad, subterminal black bandbordered above and below, with gray, mottled with black, theupper gray bar bor
. The gallinaceous game birds of North America, including the partridges, grouse, ptarmigan, and wild turkeys . ed with brown; lower parts, buff on thechest, white on remaining parts, barred with brown, darkest andmost conspicuous on the flanks, and just beneath the throat;under tail-coverts, buff, barred with blackish and with a V-shapedwhite mark at tip; tail, gray or yellowish brown; sometimesrusty, mottled with black, and crossed by irregular buff bands,bordered above by black, and a broad, subterminal black bandbordered above and below, with gray, mottled with black, theupper gray bar bordered above with a narrow black bar; legs,feathered to middle of tarsus; maxilla, black; mandible, horncolor. Total length, about i6 inches; wing, 7|; tail, 6^. Adult Female.—Not to be distinguished from the male, saveshe is slightly smaller, and has either very small neck tufts ornone at all. Downy Young.—Upper parts, chestnut, darkest on front andtop of head; rest of plumage, light buff, darkest on sides ofhead, with a conspicuous black line from back of eyes, acrossear-coverts; bill, pale 15- Oregon, or Sabines Ruffed Grouse, OREGON OR SABINES GROUSE. T^HIS is the handsomest member of the genus whichincludes the Ruffed Grouse of America. It is foundon the mountains between the Coast Range and thePacific, from northern British Columbia to its habitat approaches or overlaps that of an-other member of the genus it intergrades with it, andbreeds wherever found. It is a beautiful bird, its richred plumage relieved by black markings, and the orange,red, black, and white under tail-coverts render it a veryattractive object, alive or dead. It is very plentiful incertain parts of British Columbia, and it is difficult tofind a more striking object than this bird as it walkssedately before you, flipping out, with quick repeatedjerks, the feathers of the tail, occasionally spreading itout to the fullest extent, and elevating and depressingthe crest of
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