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Of other gallinaceous birds, we have, 



PAVO Oistatus, (Linn.) Peacock. This is an intro- 

 duced bird, and belongs originally to India. 



NUMIDA Meleagris, (Linn.) Guinea fowl. This is an 

 African species, long introduced. 



GALLUS Domesticus, (Briss.) Common cock. The ori- 

 ginal stock of this bird is supposed to be from Java. 



PARTRIDGES. 



(Perdix, Lath.) 



ORTYX Yirginiana, (Aud.) American partridge, or quail. 

 The partridge is not abundant on the Alleghany. Having 

 greater fondness for fields than forests, he does not find in 

 that range an attractive residence. Geographic range, from 

 Honduras to Massachusetts. 



GROUSE. 



(Tetrao, Linn.) 



TETRAO Umbellus, (Linn., Wilson ) Ruffed grouse. The 

 pheasant, as this grouse is called in Pennsylvania, is abund- 

 ant on the Alleghany, where it breeds, and is found at all 

 seasons. It has a wide range, from Mexico to the fifty-sixth 

 parallel, and across the continent to the Pacific. 



TETRAO Cupido, (Wilson.) Pinnated grouse. Of this 

 species, Dekay remarks : " It is still found in a few districts 

 of the State, (New York,) in a few islands on the coast of 

 Massachusetts, and in the mountainous regions of Penn- 

 sylvania." Said by Wilson to be found, in his day, on Po- 

 cono Pine Hills, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It 

 has not been seen on the Alleghany recently, although its 

 range is said to be from Texas to Maine. 



It differs, however, from the turkey of North America only in a few 

 slight and apparently hardly sufficient characters for a distinct spe- 

 cies, but may be, as supposed by Mr. Gould, the parent stock." 

 Note from Cassin. 



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