FIELD KEY TO THE LAND BIRDS.
PTARMIGAN. WILLOW GROUSE. lagopus.
— Length, 15 inches.
An
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Lagopus
Arctic bird, some-
times found in winter in the Northern States. Entirely white except the outer tail-feathers, which are black in summer it is brown with black bars. It has no ornamental feathers at the side of the neck, but its feet are covered with feathers to the toe-nails.
WILD TURKEY. 48 inches.
One
Meleagris gallopaco.
of the finest
game
birds,
— Length, now
nearly
extinct east of the Mississippi.
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE. nellus.
— Length, 18 inches.
Pediocaetes phasia-
Resembles the Partridge,
but is more speckled, and has a pointed tail. A Northwestern bird, sometimes found in the markets. •
PIGEONS. Bill.
— Cobnnhae.
— Slender,
of
deeply
medium
grooved
length, the
at
nostrils.
— Hind toe even with the front Wing. — Long, swift Food. — Seeds, grain, acorns, beech-
Feet.
toes.
fliers.
nuts, etc.
WILD OR PASSENGER PIGEON.
EctoSlate blue above underparts reddish no black dots below the Female and young, brownish gray above grayear.
5.
pistes migratorius.
— Length, 16
J inches.
This is a Avood bird, breeding northward and in the mountains, and wintering in the South, It was formerly found in countless swarms, but is now nearly exterminated. ish below.
6.
MOURNING DOVE.
— Length, 11 inches.
Zenaidura macrura. Grayish brown above under;
