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In th- \\inf-r. th- jilumay*- of the mat- 1 IH.-.I wholly while, ih- 



small patch l.-liind tli- >-. ill- shafts of th- pi imaries, anil the buses of the fourteen 

 -xt-rior tail f-.ith-rx, which at- l-l.i. i also a patch of nil, Iwn> skin round the eye. 



In tin- Mimm-r. tli- M.M k r. -tains ii- |-.-iii.,n. hut the white in mottlel and Larn-.! with l>la< k 



gniy. The length of ih- adult in ;li-r moi>- than lifti-n 





FTABJUUAN. - 



OF tin' T'fraonidtr, or Gmuw family, th-iv an- nim- .s|--i-s in \.,nh Am-ri. -a. \-nil of 

 lli-ni having vari-ti-s in \vil-ly >.-].ai-.it-<l jxirtioiis of the country. 



SPRUCE PAKTI{||M;K. or ('\\M>\ ii:'i -i i'.<nm-i i-i/mit/mxix), -all>-l al*> \Vood Pur- 

 tridge, Bhick, or Spotted Grous.-. is f,.nn<l in th- northern I'nit^l Static and an far north 

 a forests are known to extern!. It alxmnds in all the jrn-at northern spruce woodi* and 

 Bwamps. Its migrations an- not -\t-nd-l. as it- me .\-m-nts <l-ji.-nd nion- on the presence or 

 :I|IS.MI<>- of FOCM! than teopamtan kadiboi Ecmnd bnedim ta May, in KntiK)rt, M.-im- 

 among the spnice and larches. Its hahits an- Mun-iliiiii: liki- thos.- of the turkey, and other 

 species of Grouse; strutting before the females, and oi-i-aximially rising in th- air in a spiral 

 manner, and Ix-jitiim their wingH a^r.iin>t ih- Unly to produce the-drumrninj: sound HO charac- 

 teristic of the HutT-d <;nu . I'nlike the <piails. the male deserts the female after incubation 

 commences, and remains in .small (locks. 



This bird is curiously averse t. U-in^ disturbed or driven away. When driven to a tree 

 it i-erMstently remains, though threatened in every |-ossj|il- manner even allowing itself to be 

 taken by net or noose. It is easily reared in rontin-ment, and soon becomes domestiCutetL 

 S-veral varieties of the Sprue*' Partridge are rpcognizi-*!. Franklin's (inxise is a notable one. 

 It inhabits the valleys of the Rocky Mninit.iin-.. Trom the sources of the Missouri Hiver to 

 ttios.- i if the Macken7.il-. and i* s. mi-times seen on the elevated plateaux of Mount HIMM! and 

 otli-r high snowy peaks, it is said to U- confined to the region of the llovky Mountains and 

 the country U-tweeii them and the Pacific. 



DITBKY GBOusE(Cbn/Mo6*euru*). Tliis i> only m-xf lo-r in size than the great Sage 

 (inms.-. -in- onsjderahly larp-r than th- < !*. Ir. Newbeny IBganls it as the 



handsomest .,f all th- Americun birdu of this family, though we must give the palm U) our 



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