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TTT f GalHnae. 



I Gallinaceous. Faun. Am. Sept. 



6. Tetrao. f 1 5 Canadensis, 2 74. 3. ] Faun. Am. Sept. i o. 

 Grous. [Canace, 275. 7. J Spotted Grous. 



Gelinotte du Canada, male et femelle, PI. enl. 

 131 et 132. Buffon Oiseaux II. p. 279. 4to. 

 Brisson I. p. 203. t. 20. f. i, 2, and p. 201. app. 

 10. Edwards, t. 118 and 71. 



Severn River, N° 5. Woodpartridge. 



These birds are all the year long at Hudson's 

 Bay, and never change the colour of their 

 plumage. The accounts from Hudson's Bay 

 say, there is no material difference between 

 the male and female ; which must be a mis- 

 take, as they are really very different. Lin- 

 neus's descriptions of the Tetrao Canadensis, 

 and Canace, both answer to the specimens sent 

 over, so that, after comparing them, I find 

 they are only one and the same species. I 

 suppose the dividing them into two, was oc- 

 casioned by Brisson's and Edwards's descrip- 

 tions, being taken from specimens sent from 

 different parts of the continent of America, 

 and perhaps caught at different seasons. Mr. 

 de Buffon has, I find, the same opinion with 

 me, and by comparing the drawings of Ed- 

 wards, with those of the Planches enluminees, 

 it is put beyond a doubt. These birds are 

 very stupid, may be knocked down with a 

 stick, and are frequently caught by the na- 

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