Eggs—Three, ground color, pale buff or clay color, marked with blackish-brown spots, small splashes and fine dots.
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LESSER PRAIRIE HEN.—Tympanuchus pallidicinctus.
Range—Eastern edge of the Great Plains, from western and probably southern Texas northward through Indian Territory to Kansas.
Nest—On the ground in thick prairie grass, and at the foot of bushes on the barren ground; a hollow scratched out in the soil, and sparingly lined with grasses and a few feathers.
Eggs—Eight to twelve, tawny brown.