Ruffed Grouse Head

“Bonasa umbella. Ruffed Grouse. “Partridge;” “Pheasant;” Above, variegate reddish- or grayish-brown, the back with numerous, oblong, pale, black-edged spots. Below, whitish, barred with brown. Tail brown or gray, numerously and narrowly black-barred, with a broad subterminal black zone, and tipped with gray. The neck-ruffle of the male mostly glossy black, and very full; of the female smaller and more brown. The colors are endlessly varied as well as blended, and the prevailing tone of the brown birds of the East shades insensibly into the Western varieties.” Elliot Coues, 1884

Keywords

birds, Partridge, Pheasant, Ruffed grouse, ornithology, North American birds, omnivorous birds, crested birds, non-migratory birds, Bonasa umbella, grouses, foliage gleaner birds

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Source

Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)

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