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CHAPTEK XIV. 



GEOUSE, SNIPE, QUAIL, WOODCOCK. 



THE PINNATED GEOUSE ; TETEAS CTJPIDO, LA GELINOTTE HUPPEE 



d'aMEEIQL'E — THE PEAIEIE-HEN, GEOUSE, OE HEATH-HEN THE 



AMEEICAN QUALL ; OETYX VIEGINIANA, LA PEEDEIX d'aMEEIQITE 



THE QUAIL, IMPEOPEELY NAMED THE PAETEIDGE THEOUGH 



ALL THE SOUTHEEN STATES — THE AMEEICAN WOODCOCK; SCOLO- 

 PAX MINOR, LA BECASSE d'aMEEIQUE — THE AMEEICAN SNIPE; 

 SCOLOPAX TVILSONII — AMEEICAN BITTEEN ; AEDEA MINOE, IN- 

 DIAN HEN, THE QUAWK THE GOLDEN PLOVEE ; CHAEADEIUS 



VIEGINICTJS THE EINGED PLOATIE, OE KILLDEEE ; CHAEADEIUS 



VOCIFEEUS THE LONG-LEGGED PLOVEE; EECUEVIEOSTEA HI- 



MANTOPUS. 



AS the Pinnated Grouse, or Prairie-hen, has been of 

 late years introduced to the London markets 

 (thanks to steam, and the irrepressible instinct of the 

 Yankee to earn a dollar), its form, size, colour, and 

 general appearance, are pretty well known. 



Few are found (I believe none) in the Southern 

 States east of the Mississippi River, the country being 

 too wooded for these prairie-loving birds. 



In the North, the prairies of Illinois are famed for 

 the numbers of these birds; but it is only because 

 Texas has been, until lately, so little known that she 



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