180 FRANK SCHLEY's PARTRIDGE AND PIIE4ISANT SIIOOTINQ. 



.Southern States, occasionally gray on the Allegany Moun- 

 tains, and in New England States; usually gray in Eastern 

 British America. 



Hab. — Eastern Province of North America. Var, urn- 

 hellus. — Batnl, Brewer and Ridc/u-aij, Vol. III., page 44(5. 

 447. 



Description. — The Pheasant, from the tip of the bill to 

 the end of the tail feathers, sixteen to nineteen inches long. 

 From tip to tip of the outstretched wings, twenty-four 

 inches. Length of wing, seven inches. Bill of a brownish 

 color, eyes hazel, crested head. Neck variegated with 

 white, 3'ellow, black and brown. A tuft of twenty to thirty 

 broad, soft, black, glossy feathers covers a small impennous. 

 and otherwise naked space on each side of the neck. Upper 

 parts of the body, rust color, marked with spots of light 

 yellowish gray. Lower parts of the body white, with 

 splotches of brown. The tail generally seven inches in 

 length, usually of eighteen feathers, rounding and of a ru- 

 fous brown color, marked with a broad, blackish zone be- 

 tween two narrow bands of light gray, one of which ter- 

 minates the tail. Tarsi naked in the lower half, covered 

 with scales. Feet grayish, sides of the toes pectinated, 

 two exterior ones joined at th,e base, and to the first joint 

 with a strong membrane. Weight 1 lb. G to 1.3 oz. Flesh 

 white. The plumage of the female is similar to the male, 

 but of a lighter shade. The neck tufts of the female arc 

 of a brownish color. The zone on the tail is not as dark 

 as that of the male. Tlu' above description was accurately 

 taken, from birds fresh killed by myself in the Hills and 

 Mountains, of Frederick county, Maryland. 



[SEE ENGRAA^ING.] 



Habits. — This beautiful game bird is known in Now 

 England as the Partridge, in the Southern and Middle 

 States as the Pheasant. Neither of these names is its 

 proper one, for this liird belongs to neither the Parti'idge 

 nor the Pheasant families. The Inie name of this bird is 



