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Sharp-Tailed Grouse

Ad. 8. - Prevailing color of the upper parts ochraceous-buff, barred and irregularly marked with black; no neck tufts; outer with black; no neck tufts; outer web of the primaries spotted with white; middle tail-feathers projecting ; middle tail-feathers projecting about an inch beyond the others, ochraceous -buff and black; throat buffy; breast with V-shaped marks of black; sides irregularly barred or spotted with irregularly barred or spotted with black or buffy; middle of the belly white. Ad. 0+ .-Similar, but smaller; white. Ad. 2.--Similar, but smaller; the middle tail-feathers shorter. L., 1750 ; W., 8.50; T., 4.50; B. from N., 50.

Range.-Western United States from New Mexico northward to Manitoba, New Mexico northward to Manitoba, east to Wisconsin and northern Illinois .

Nest, on the ground. Eggs, eleven to fourteen, creamy buff or pale olivebrown, generally slightly spotted with fine, reddish brown markings, 1.65 x reddish brown markings, 1.65 × 1.22 (Bendire).

This partially migratory species lives on the prairies during the summer and in wooded regions in the winter. A capital account of . A capital account of its habits is given by Ernest E. Thompson in his Birds of Manitoba. his Birds of Manitoba.