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	Heath Hen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Heath Hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido) was a distinctive subspecies of the Greater Prairie Chicken, Tympanuchus cupido, a large North American bird in the grouse family.
		Heath Hens lived in the scrubby barrens of New England, whereas the Prairie Chickens lived from Texas north to Indiana and the Dakotas.
		Heath Hens were one of the first bird species that Americans tried to save from extinction.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heath_Hen (240 words)

	Heath Hen - Bagheera
		The heath hen, a small wild fowl, was a relative of the prairie chicken.
		Prior to the American Revolution, the heath hen was found in the eastern United States from Maine to Virginia.
		But the heath hen's continued existence as a species would not have been so vulnerable to these occurrences if their populations had not been severely reduced already by human hunting.
	www.bagheera.com /inthewild/ext_heathhen.htm (609 words)

	Do Hunters Pay Their Way? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The heath hen may, in fact, have been a full species, as determined by contemporary methods and definitions that determine such things, but the point is moot because the heath hen is extinct.
		A good dozen heath hens visited a local garden, and somehow that led McLeod and Clark to assume that the population was much larger than appeared to be the case as determined by the good professor's careful estimate based on actual counts.
		Clark continued to believe that the heath hen would recover, while Gross had become fatalistic, and was fatigued by his constant battling against Clark, who was soon to leave his influential post as chair of the Heath Hen Committee of the Federation of New England Bird Clubs.
	animalliberationfront.us /Philosophy/Opinionatedly/DoHuntersPayWay.htm (14128 words)

	Vineyard Gazette - News
		With the death of the last heath hen on Martha's Vineyard, a whole race of prairie grouse to which it had belonged vanished from the face of the earth.
		Now a genetic study of the skins of scores of heath hens, all of them from the Vineyard, shows that the Island bird, although it looked and behaved much like its supposed parent species in the Midwest, was a wholly distinctive creature.
		Advocates and critics agree that the state forest, planted on the old heath hen reservation as the bird was dying out, is in need of cutting and burning to revive and restore a native habitat unique in all of New England.
	www.mvgazette.com /news/2004/07/23/heath_hen.php (745 words)

	Heath Hen Meadow Description
		Heath Hen Meadow Conservation Area in southwest Acton comprises 99 acres of streams, meadows, upland forest, and large tracts of wetlands.
		The consarea is named for the Heath Hen Meadow Brook that rises in Stow and meanders through the property picking up the Muddy Brook tributary and eventually merging with Fort Pond Brook just beyond its border.
		Heath Hen Meadow is home to a variety of wildlife including beaver, skunk, raccoon, opossum, deer, ducks, partridge, and an occasional blue heron.
	www.town.acton.ma.us /LSCOM/DescHeathHenMeadow.htm (706 words)

	index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The heath hen a small wild bird it was a relitive of the prairie chicken.It was once considered quite tasty and easy to kill.
		The heath hen was found in the eastern United States from Main to Virginia.
		Exspanding the human population in the colonies put hunting pressure on the heath hen population witch noticeabley lowerd the heath hen population by the time of the revolutionary war.
	www.geocities.com /justina16347 (230 words)

	heath - definition by dict.die.net
		Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus Triodia (T.
		The male is called, heath cock, and flcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen.
		Heath pea (bot.), a species of bitter vetch (Lathyris macrorhizus), the tubers of which are eaten, and in Scotland are used to flavor whisky.
	dict.die.net /heath (239 words)

	Vineyard Gazette - Nature
		The first purchase of land that became the state forest was in 1908 for a noble cause - to protect and preserve the last remaining population of the heath hen or eastern pinnated grouse.
		These funds were used to create firebreaks that would protect the heath hen from the frequent fires that were decimating their population.
		From their highest Island population of 200, the number of heath hens decreased until the last lonely hen, Booming Ben, died in 1932.
	www.mvgazette.com /features/nature?document=20040227_mannys_forest (650 words)

	Nature Works-Extinct North American Species (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The heath hen, a subspecies of the prairie chicken, was once found in the eastern United States.
		As the human population increased, the heath hen population decreased, largely due to hunting.
		Efforts were made to save the remaining heath hens and a sanctuary was created for them on Martha's Vineyard, a small island off the coast of Massachusetts.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/nwep16a.htm (425 words)

	hen
		Note: Used adjectively or in combination to indicate the female; as hen canary, hen eagle, hen turkey, peahen.
		{Hen hawk} (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of large hawks which capture hens; esp., the American red-tailed hawk ({Buteo borealis}), the red-shouldered hawk ({B. lineatus}), and the goshawk.
		From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hen n 1: adult female chicken [syn: {biddy}] 2: adult female bird 3: flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing 4: female of certain aquatic animals e.g.
	www.beetfoundation.com /words/h/hen.html (313 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Heath
		Heath, common name for a plant family comprising flowering plants that are widely distributed in both temperate and tropical regions of the world,...
		Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ), American jazz quartet, one of the first and most important ensembles to combine group jazz improvisation with elements of...
		Heath : pictures of plants of the heath family
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Heath.html (92 words)

	Manuel F. Correllus State Forest
		It was created in 1908 as the "Heath Hen Reserve," in an attempt to prevent the bird's extinction.
		Sadly, the last heath hen (an eastern subspecies of the prairie chicken) was seen in 1932.
		It was the abundance of woodlands and shrublands that enabled the heath hen to persist here long after they had died out elsewhere in the northeast.
	www.mass.gov /dcr/parks/southeast/corr.htm (245 words)

	Mark Heath, M.D. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Heath, M.J.S., Lints, T., Lee, C.J., and Dodd, J. Functional expression of the tachykinin NK1 receptor in the floor plate of the rat brainstem and spinal cord.
		Heath, M., Womack M. D., MacDermott, A. Substance P elevates intracellular calcium in both neurons and glial cells from the dorsal horn of the spinal cord.
		Dodd, J., Jahr, C.E., Hamilton, P.N., Heath, M.J.S., Matthew, W.D., Jessell, T.M. Cytochemical and physiological properties of sensory and dorsal horn neurons that transmit cutaneous sensation.
	www.columbia.edu /~mh22/deptwww/staff/faculty/heath.html (424 words)

	HUU Sermon Archives - Fire: The Light Within and Without (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Fire was a major player in the extinction of the Heath Hen on Martha's Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts.
		The Heath Hen, an eastern relative of the still extant Greater Prairie Chicken, was so abundant in New England when the colonists arrived in the early 1600s that it was routinely eaten and used as target practice.
		Although Massachusetts acted pretty responsibly and mounted a major campaign at the time to save the Heath Hen and set aside a reserve for it on the Vineyard, a major fire begun by a carelessly thrown cigarette swept the reserve on May 12, 1916, the middle of nesting season.
	huuweb.org /Sermons/fire.htm (2075 words)

	Welcome to Heath Hen Meadow
		Heath Hen Meadow is a charming bed and breakfast featuring an eclectic mix of antique and contemporary in a pastoral setting.
		Located in Stow, Massachusetts and less than an hour away from Boston, Heath Hen Meadow is the perfect escape to the sublime.
		Come and hike the woods, cross country ski, enjoy a round of golf at one of the many area courses, or pick apples at the neighboring orchard.
	www.heathhenmeadow.com (104 words)

	Extinct Birds Gallery Two
		The Heath Hen was established as distinct from its relative, the Prairie Chicken in 1885.
		Correllus State Forest on Martha's Vineyard was created in 1908 as a Heath Hen Reserve to prevent the bird's extinction.
		The last Heath Hen was sighted in 1932 shortly after a grassland fire.
	www.50birds.com /gextinct2.htm (171 words)

	definition of hen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen.
		Also, Any, As, Birds, Domestic, Female, Fowl, Gray, Grouse, Heath, Hen, Kind, Of, Or, Pheasants, The
		As, Female, Fowl, Gray, Grouse, Heath, Hen, Or
	www.brainydictionary.com /words/he/hen172854.html (86 words)

	Prospero's Hen
		Hough, famed editor of the Vineyard Gazette, recalled naturalist Winthrop Packard’s suggestion that pinkletinks (spring peepers) could have been Ariel; the heath hen, Caliban.
		To prove it to yourself, find a half-dozen naturalist passages describing Prospero’s island in the play, take them out with you on any island meadow and read them aloud (with or without heath hens!).
		Because of his noble hobby of writing plays, Oxford would have picked up on more than Henry Hough’s heath hen.
	www.humilitypress.org /a_little_room/prosperos_hen.htm (3817 words)

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		In the cold of winter, the first segment of the hike may be extended out to an island loop trail near the confluence of Muddy Brook and Heath Hen Meadow Brook.
		Return to the junction of the red and blue trail, and turn left between a couple of huge pines, back onto the blue trail.
		Shortly you leave the Heath Hen property, crossing a boardwalk over Heath Hen Meadow Brook toward Mount Hope Cemetery.
	home.comcast.net /~hikesuasco/Heath_Hen_Meadow_Conservation_Land.doc (1159 words)

	Vineyard Haven Photo Album #9: Painting of Two Heath Hens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Handwritten Notes: "The last stand of the heath hen was Martha's Vineyard - shown here are a male + female heath hen.
		The last sighting of the last heath hen was 1932.
		A bill once came up in the Legislature and the man that read it said 'This bill is to protect the heathens on Martha's Vineyard.' The heath hen has gone, but, the heathens are still around."
	history.vineyard.net /photos/vh9/V91701.HTM (130 words)

	Chapter Heartburned <i>to</i> Heathen of H by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
		a European grouse which inhabits heaths; — called also fl game, fl grouse, heath poult, heath fowl, moor fowl.
		a European thrush which frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.
		h&aemacrð heath, and orig., therefore, one who lives in the country or on the heaths and in the woods (cf.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/257/1199/22895/6.html (342 words)

	Heath Hen Meadow Photos bed and breakfast - Stow, Massachusetts
		Heath Hen Meadow Photos bed and breakfast - Stow, Massachusetts
		Home > USA > Massachusetts > Stow > Heath Hen Meadow > Photos
		Enjoy breakfast or afternoon tea under the pergola in the lovely flower garden.
	www.bedandbreakfast.com /ppf/photo/625229-02/ListingPhoto.aspx (59 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Turn right on blue through stone fence to return over footbridge to trailhead kiosk.
		EMBED PowerPoint.Show.8 Key Trail Directions and Landmarks From the kiosk on the north side of Boxborough Road, a level path with blue wooden trail markers leads to a boardwalk and railed footbridge over Heath Hen Meadow Brook.
		After enjoying the feeling of being in the midst of marshland, continue along the blue trail over rocks and roots to a T-junction just on the far side of a stone fence.
	home.comcast.net /~hikesuasco/Heath_Hen.doc (825 words)

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