How to Know the Wild Birds of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and the Dakotas (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ...wherever there is some scattered timber. Not on the open plains nor in pine forests. Introduced but still rare in the Dakotas. 305. Prairie Hen. Prairie Chicken. L. 18. i Almost too well known to need description. General color brownish, much barred; below whitish and barred. Male with l prominent neck tufts. Males make a loud booming sound in spring. P. R. in the prairie section of Minnesota and nearly throughout the Dakotas. 308b. Prairie Sharp-tailed Grouse. L.15-18. ' A more western species from western Minnesota westward. Paler than the preceding and without neck tufts. Frequently uttering a loud cack-cack-cack, when flushed. P. R., generally flushed near some bushes. 309. Sage Grouse. L. male 26-30. Female 21-23. The largest of our grouse, only found in the dry sage brush country of the west. Occurs from western North and South Dakota westward. Upper parts gray or buff, much spotted and variegated. 300. Ruffed Grouse. Partridge, Pheasant. L. 17. The wild chicken of our woods. Male with large, black neck tufts, a small crest on the head, tail with a broad, dark band near the end. General color brownish, but much var Bums OF PREY. 37 iegated and blending with dead leaves. Neck tufts of female very small. In spring the males make a loud drumming noise with their wings. A common P. R. in woodlands of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and in the eastern part of the Dakotas. 298c. Canada Grouse. Spruce Hen, Fool Hen. L. 15. Inhabits the northern coniferous forests of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and feeds largely on the leaves and buds of spruce and tamarack. Generally very tame. Quite dark above, barred with black and grayish, tail black, with broad brown band near end. Black on throat and breast. 12. BIRDS OF PREY. Known by their...