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NORTH A.MKUK'.VN lilllDS. 



Speoies and Varioties. 

 P. phasianellus. Aliovc Mnicf^iilucl with Iihhsvl'iso spots of ^'ullowish- 

 liidwii 1111(1 liliiik; wiii},'-c()viTis with liii(,'i', roumlish wiiiic .s|)()i,s ; uiitc'r 

 wclis oC priiimiii's with c|iiiiilriitc wiiilc spcils. Itciicalli wliilr iiiili'iiiJi'ly 

 iiiul iiloiiy tiu'sidi'.s, witii \'-simiiL'il iimiks ol' bi'owii of diLslvy. .Suxf.-i uiiiie 

 in color mid shr. 



Above hlmkish-diisky, viirit'(,'uti'd trulisver.Mcly witli yt'llowisii-liiiuvii ; 

 scii|uiliir.s wilii hniiul white medial loii^'iliidinal streiiks dl' while. 

 Miirkiii;;.s helow elenr, miiroiiii lilaekish-diisky. Toes eiitifely hiddeii 

 by tin; loll},' hail-like leathers of the taisiis. Head and neek wilii the 

 ffi'ound-eolor while, the throat heavily spotted wilii dusky. Huh. 

 IJritisii Aliieiiea to .\retie rejriolis .... \n\: iih d n i a ii r 1 1 n s. 



Above yellowi.xh-lirown. niixeil with reddish, and variej.;ated trans- 

 versely with blaek; .scapulars without white lonffitiidinal spots, Mark- 

 ili{;s beliealh clear i)ale brown, with dusky borders. Toes entirely 

 bare. Head and neck deep bull', the throat not spoiled. Iltih, Prairies 

 and ])laiiis of norlhern L'. S., IVoin Wisconsin and Illinois to (trciroii. 



\iir. CI) I II III hill II II s. 



Fedioecetes phasianellus, vm. phasianellus, Klliot. 



BHABF-TAILED OSOUSE. 



Telriiiiphiiniiinel/un, LiNX. S. N. I, (cd. Id,) 17r)8, p. KiO. — Foiisr. Phil. Trans. LXII, 1772, 



a'.tj, 4i)."j. - Ci.MKL. — b.Vri!. — l!oN. CdIII]). List. — SaIIIXK. — Kl>W,Vl!l)S. — lillilAlllt- 



.soN. Cniliveeiriisji. (i. 1{. Okay, t'at. H. lirit. iMus. Box. Coiiipt. lii'iid. — (Swaixs. 

 V. \i. A. tin part f). Piiliievelcs ji. (not iif Maiiik, Binls X. Ami.)— Ki.i.iot, P. A. N. .S. 

 Phihul. 1802, 402-404. — In. Jloiior;. Tftriioiiiiuc, pi. — Murray, K<liiib. Phil. J. 1850 

 (Trout Luke Station). — Dai.i. & IIaxxistkii, Tr. Chiciigo Ac. I, 18()!l, 287. — Ohay, 

 Cat. IJrit. Alus. V, 18l>7, 88. Tch-no iiroijiil/iin, var. /i, LiXX. S. N. I, (cd. 12.) 273. 

 Pcdiueccles l-eiinkolli, SfcKl.KY, P. A. N. S. Pliilad. 18t>l. 



Sp. Char. Prevailinp color.s, clear dusky-black above, and pure white beneath; no 

 bufT about the head. Upper parts variegated with transverse, rather zijrzaff, spots of 



yellowish-brown ; scapu- 

 lars with broad, elliptic^il, 

 lonfritndinal medial spots 

 of pure white; wing-cov- 

 crt.s with large rouiidcil> 

 and outer wel is of primaries 

 with smaller and more 

 quadrate, spots of pure 

 white. lireast thickly 

 covered with broad V- 

 .'ihapod, and the sides will) 

 less numerous sagittate, marks of uniform dear slaty or dusky. Legs densely feathered, 

 the long hair-like feathers reaching beyond the claws, and completely hiding the toes. 

 Throat thickly spotted with dusky. No appreciable diflerenccs in plumage between the 

 sexes. Miih (;n,fil6, Fort Re.solution, Dec. 18()2; J. Lockhart). Wing, 8.C0; tail, 4.50, 

 the two middle feathers one inch longer. 



IIah. British America, from Hudson's Bay Territory, south to northern shore of Lake 

 Superior, and west to Alaska and British Columbia. 



Ptdiaertes phasianellus. 



