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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...seemed to pass the night on the uplands, coming down to the water morning and evening, and retiring to the higher ground before the sun became hot in the morning, and just about sunset in the evening. The young, even when nearly full grown, utter a plaintive peeping cry, which has the peculiar effect of appearing to come from a long distance off, even though the bird may be quite close at hand. When seen during the summer, the birds were, of course, in families$ but on our return march in September, they had commenced collecting together, and packs of from thirty to fifty individuals were several times seen. 101. PED1CECETES PHASIANELLUS OOLUMBIANUS, (Ord.) Cones. Sharp-tailed Grouse. I saw this species only on the plains, a state of things which somewhat surprised me 5 for, although, of course, essentially a prairie bird, I found it during the summer of 1874 in great numbers among the Black Hills of Dakota. They were more numerous on Box Elder Greek than at any other point $ and indeed they seem to prefer streams which have a wide bottom overgrown with rose-bushes and other shrubs, on the fruit of which they feed. The young birds were from one-half to two-thirds grown late in July. During our passage down the Missouri Biver, we often saw this species on the dry sand-bars that dotted the river, rolling and dusting themselves in the sand. I did not see these birds roosting on trees until about September 10, at which time the weather at night was quite cold. 102. BOXASA XTMBELLUS ITMBELLOXDES, (Linn.) Baird. Rocky Mountain Ruffed Grouse. Although this species was said to be extremely abundant in the Yellowstone Park, we saw very few of them, not twenty in all. In habits, they seem to resemble almost exactly the eastern variety. A female, with six or eight you...
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