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on, dive into the fnow; but the fportfman is 
equally baulked in his expectations, as they force 
their way fo faft under it as to raife flight many 
yards diftant from the place they entered, and 
very frequently in a different dire¢tion to that 
from which the fportfman expects*. They, like 
the other fpecies of groufe, make their nefts on 
the ground, and lay from ten to thirteen eggs. 
Like the Ruffed Groufe, they are not to be tam- 
ed, as many trials have been made at York Fort, 
but without fuccefs ; for though they never made 
their efcape, yet they always died, probably for 
the want of proper food; for the hens that 
hatched them were equally fond of them, as they 
could poflibly have been had they been the pro- 
duce of their own eggs. This fpecies of Groufe 
is called by the Southern Indians Aw-kis-cow. 
The Woop Parrripnces have acquired that Wood Par- 
name in Hudfon’s Bay from their always frente 
quenting the forefts of pines and fir; and in 
Winter feeding on the brufh of thofe trees, 
though they are fondeft of the latter. This {pe- 
cies of Groufe is inferior in fize and beauty tothe 
Ruffed, yet may be called a handfome bird ; the 
plumage being of a handfome brown, elegantly 
fpotted with white and black. The tail is long, 
and tipped with orange; and the legs are warmly 
covered with fhort feathers, but the teet are nak- 
ed. They are generally in the extreme with re- 
{pect 
* This Iaflert from my own experience when at Cumberland Houfe, 
