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identifier/filename
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371-00108a
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title
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Letter, Lawrence Bruner to B.B. Brooks , 1904, Jan. 21
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description
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Typewritten letter, 1 page, from Lawrence Bruner to B.B. Brooks, 3 pages, "I am in receipt of your favor of the 18th instant concerning…"
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Transcription
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Lincoln, Nebr., Jan. 21, 1904. Hon. B. B. Brooks, Gov. Wyoming. Cheyenne, Wyo. My Dear Sir:- I am in receipt of your favor of the 19th instant concerning the food habits of the sage hen or sage grouse and the copy of the Rawlins paper containing an article on this subject, for which please accept thanks. In reply I am pleased to refer you to several published accounts of the food habits of this bird, to in part corroborate what I myself have written on this subject. By refering to the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Vol. XXVIII you will find the following summary of the birds food habits as given by Capt. Chas Bandiro (see p. 107) "During the winter these birds feed almost entirely on the leaves of the sage (Arte[illegible]) which usually grows to the height of two or three feet in some of the richer valley lands. In the upper Sylvies Valley, the snow generally covers the sage bushes entirely, even during the comparatively mild winters, hence their principal food supply is cut off and the birds are necessarily compeled to migrate in order to find something to eat. During the greater portion of the year their food is much more varied than is generally supposed but leaves of the sage are more or less used at all seasons. From personal observation I know that the seed tops of various grasses and leguminous plants as well as berries of different kinds, grasshoppers and crickets, (Amorun simplex) are consumed to a considerable extent during the summer months". Dr. Elliot Copes in his Key to North American Birds, Vol II, p.755 says of this bird- "The food is by no means so exclusive as some have supposed, including many kinds of berries and seeds and sometimes consisting mainly of grasshoppers." Various other prominent ornithologists make like statements concerning the insectivorous habits of the sage grouse.
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date
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1/21/1904
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source/RG#/MS#
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MS 0371
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isPartOf/Collection
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Nebraska Ornithologists' Union (NOU), Records
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rights
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For copyright information, please contact the repository.
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publisher
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Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
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language
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English
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