17S UlioLYb‘lC, BOB—Will'l‘lilh‘, l‘l’l‘C.

ORDER GALLINE. GALLINACEOUS BIRDS.

FAMILY TETRAONIDJE. GROUSE, BOB-WHITES, ETC.

()f the two hundred species contained in this family. one hundred belong in the subfamily J’erdt‘cz'um or Old—World I’artridgcs and Quails, sixty in the subfamily ()drmlop/zorz‘nw or New-World Par- tridges and liol)~\\‘hites, and twenty—five in the subfamily Tetraoninw or Grouse, inhabiting the northern parts of the northern hemisphere. Generally speaking. these birds are. non-migratory. though there are some striking exceptions among the l’ertlz'ct'nw. After the nesting season they commonly gather in " eoyeys " or beyies, usually composed of the members of but one family. In some species these bevies unite or “pack,” forming large flocks. As a rule, they are terrestrial, but may take to trees when flushed, while some species habitually call and feed in trees. They are game birds par arse/lenee, and, trusting to the concealment atforded by their dull colors, attempt to avoid detec- tion by hiding rather than by flying, or, in sportsman's phraseology, “ lie well to a dog. Their flight is rapid and accompanied by a start- ling whirr, caused by the quick strokes of their small, concave, stitf— feathered Wings.

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KEY T1) THE SPECIES.

A. Tarsi bare . . . . . . 2‘9. Bon—wun'ia. ‘2“9u. FLORIDA BOB-WHITE. B. Upper third or halt'of‘tarsi feathered :lllvt. l-II'FFEI) Gnol'si»; 300a. (Ewe-ma Rl'FFX-LD Gnot‘SE. C. Tarsi entirely t'eatlteredt toes hare. a. With bunt-hes ot' elongatetL stitl'ened feathers springing from either side ofthc net-k . . i . t . . . 30.3. PRAIRIE ”EN, 306. HEATH MEN. [1. Feathers ot'ueek nornml. 5‘. Outer web of primaries spotted with white. 530%. l’tuuma Emmi-Junta) Gnorsn. 71’. Primaries not spotted with white . . . . i 208. CANADA (liturgy; D. Tarsi and toes entirely feathered . i i . . 301. PTARMIGAN and races.

289. Colinus virginianust Liz/rm. RHBAYIIITE; QI'ML: l'.\m‘ntnm—:. All. a in wl‘nlrr.il‘€pper parts varying from reddish brown to chestnut: in- terseapulars with broken and sometimes eomplt-te black bars; inner vane 01' tertials widely untrained with eream-butl': rump grayish brown. finely mottled. and with a few streaks of blaekish: tail ashy gray. the, inner t'eath» ers finely mottled with butl'y: t'ront ot' the erown. a band from the bill to be— neath the eye. and a band on the upper breast blaek: throat and a broad line from the bill over the eye white: sides rutous—ehestuut. margined with black and white; lower breast and belly white barred with blaek. All. 5“ in zezn— terfirSimilar. but the throat and line over the eye. threhead. and lore:~~ pale ochraeeous—bufl'; little or no blaek on the upper breast. Summer examples