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yellowish band from the upper mandible to the eye, beyond 

 which it is prolonged. Throat and lower part of the neck light 

 brownish-yellow. Lower ruff feathers of the same color, barred 

 with reddish-brown ; the upper black, with blue reflections. A 

 tuft of light chesnut feathers under the wings. The rest of the 

 under parts yellowish-white, with broad, transverse spots of 

 brownish-red ; the abdomen yellowish-red ; and the under tail 

 coverts mottled with brown. 



" Length, 18 inches ; extent of wings, 2 feet ; bill, along the 

 ridge, ^ ; along the gap, 1,'^ ; shank, 1/^ ; middle toe, 1^. 



" Adult female. 



" The plumage of the female is less developed, and inferior in 

 beauty. The feathers of the head and ruff are less elongated ; 

 the latter of a dull black. The tints of the plumage generally 

 are lighter than in the male. 



" The eggs usually measure an inch and a half in length, by 

 an inch and two-twelfths in breadth, and are of an uniform dull 

 yellowish tint." — Audabon''s Birds of America. 



" This is the Partridge of the Eastern States, and the Phea- 

 sant of Pennsylvania and the Southern Districts. It is represent- 

 ed as it was faithfully copied from a perfect and very beautiful 

 specimen. This elegant species is well known in almost 

 every quarter of the United States, and appears to inhabit 

 a very extensive range of, country. It is common at Moose 

 Fort, on Hudson's Bay, in lat. 51'^, is frequent in the 

 upper parts of Georgia, very abundant in Kentucky, and 

 the Indiana Territory, and was found by Capts. Lewis and 

 Clark in crossing the great range of mountains that divide 

 the waters of the Columbia and Missouri more than three 

 thousand miles, by the measurement, from the mouth of the 

 latter. Its favorite places of resort are high mountains, cov- 

 ered with the balsam, pine, hemlock, and other evergreens 

 Unlike the Pinnated Grouse, it always prefers the woods, is 

 seldom or never found in open plains, but loves the pine-shel- 

 tered declivities of mountains near streams of water. 

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