180 GROUS I, BOB—\Vlll'l‘l‘lS, ETC.

the bluek throat—Mind wider and sometimes reaehing down upon the breast, the rulbusiehestnut ot' the sides more extensive, the black bars of the breast and belly mneh wider. la. N30; \\'., 4'40; T., 2'50.

Ji’augu.4l’loi‘itlzt, except the northern border of the State.

A common bird throughout the pine-grown portions of the Florida peninsula. It is especially numerous on old plantations, where it fre- quents patches of "eow peas.” ll. resembles the northern Bob-white in habits, but is, i think, more inelined to take to the trees when flushed. 1 have seen a whole covey fly up into the lofty pine trees, where, squatting close to the limbs, they be -ame almost invisible.

They begin to pair early in March.

The El'RUl’l-LAN or Minimroar (212m, ((‘uturnir cnlurn 121') has been intro- duced into this country on several occasions, but does not appear to have sur- vived.

298- DendragapuscanadensistLinn.‘i. CANADA GRol'sE: SPRUCE PAR’J‘RllmE. All. a .ibpper parts barred with black, ashy. Urn)" and grayish brown; tertials and wing—eoverts irregularly marked with t'useous and grayish brown; tail black, tipped with rnt'ous; the black throat separated from the black breast by a broken eireular band of blaek and white and a band of the same color as the baek ot' the neck; sides mottled with blaek and grayish brown, the ends of the feathers with white shat't streaks' rest of the under parts blaek, broadly tipped with \\*l1ite,exeept on the middle of the lower breast; bare skin above the eye bright red in life. All. 9.—L'pper parts barred with black and pale rut‘ous and tipped with ashy gray; tail blaek, mottled and tipped with rut'ous; throat and upper breast barred with pale rut'ous and black; sides mottled with blaek and pale rut'ous, the ends of the feathers with white shat't streaks: rest of the under parts black, broadly tipped with white and more or less washed with pale rut'ons. L, 15'00; \V., 6'50: T.. 4"” : B. from N, ‘40.

[Range—From northern New England, northern New York, and northern

Minnesota northwestward to Alaska. Nest. on the ground. [fit/(m. nine to sixteen butl‘y or pale brownish, more or less speekled or spotted with deep brown. 1‘71 7. l2: (liidgwx).

This species is a common inhabitant of eonit‘erous forests, and is generally resident wherever found. An excellent account. of its habits is given in (‘aptain liendire’s Life Histories of North American Birds, 1). 51.

300. Bonasa. umbellus (Li/111.). li'rrmi (lnorsr-z: I’AnTnnmE; I’niiAmxr. r14], 6 .Jl’revailing eolor of the upper parts i‘uf‘ous, mueh \‘urie- gated with blue x'. oehriweous. butl'_v.<_rr:i_\', and whitish; sides of the neek with large tut'ts of broad. glossy black feathers: tail varying from gray to rut‘ous, irregularly barred and mottled with bluek. abroad black or brownish band near the end; tip gray: throat and breast oehraeetuus~butl§ a broken blackish band on the breast; rest of the under parts white, tinged with buti‘y and