Grouse Scarcity F!IlQs Rabbit Disease (Jan. 1919 lasue.) 
 
p. 9. Governor Ri- s of Alaska:    "About 2 years ago ptarmigan and
grouse 
disappeared almost entirely over a considerable part of Alaska. 
"The most probable cause seems to be that at this time occured the 
periodic dying off of rabbits and hares, and in consequeace the 
predatory animals - - were forced to prey on game birds". 
"Ruffed Grouse Investjation Season of 19225411 A.A.Allen & A.O.
Gross. 
1927? 
p. 81. Ipidemic which killed Al "ens artificially reared grouse at F
weeks 
resembled "quail disease"; Killed Bantam as well.  (No blood smears

or Luinea pig tests?) 
p. 81. Blood smears taken from living and freshly shot birds. 1 bird had
a 
blood parasite not yet identified. 
p. 31. No birds examined: :T.Y. 130, Mich. 176, Mass. 141, Y. H. T1, Conn.
68, 
Maine 61, Rhode Island 46, Penn. 32, Vermont 23, Wis. 16, Minn. 14, 
N. J. 8, Nova Scotia 2, Virginia 1, Maryland 1, unmnown 7. Also 21 
adlt and 55 young in captivity. Total 923- 
p. 82. Scarcity in 1926 reported in N. Maine, Nova Scotia, I. Brunswick,

Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatechewan, Alberta, IT. Minn., Wisconsin,

Z. P. of Mich, Hudson Valley of N. Y. u2 to Albany, Sullivan Co., Pa. 
W. Conn.     sewhere, and at some points within the foregoig 
territory, Grouse were reported in normal or increpsed numbers." 
p. 82. No evidence of the one disease theory.  "On the contrary over
20 
different parasites and diseases were found" etc. 
p. 86. Many of "sick" birds were cripples. One had a 1" twig
behind the 
stomach, healed, no infection,