Genus DENDRAGAPUS.
AMERICAN CAPERCAILZIES.
Tail of eighteen feathers, subequal. Male with inflatable air-sac on each side of neck. Two species.
D. obscurus. Male 19 1/2". Female 17". The Dusky Capercailzie. Above smoky black, mixed brownish buff; below grey. Breast not barred. Mid tail with grey band.— Female: Breast-band buff. Tail with grey terminal band on laterals. Monogamous. Known also as " Blue Grouse," "Pine Grouse." S. Rocky Mountains. Eggs (1.9 x 1.4) creamy buff, dotted all over chestnut-brown.
D. fuliginosus, a subspecies distinguished from D. obscurus by the narrower tail-bands. N.W. Rocky Mountains.
D. richardsoni. Tail uniform black.— Female: No grey tail-band, E. Rocky Mountains.
BookTitle:
Game, Shore And Water Birds Of India
Reference:
Le Messurier, Augustus. Game, Shore, and Water Birds of India Fourth Edition, 1904.
Title in Book:
Genus DENDRAGAPUS
Year:
1904
Page No:
63
M_ID:
1024
M_SN:
Dendragapus
Volume:
4th ed.
id:
12635
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