439 



The authors' account is brief and not descriptive ; but the indication, 

 coupled with the locality, leaves no doubt of the species they had in 

 view. 



" The Polecat:' , 



Allen, ii. 179.— Eees, 4to, -473.— Eees, 8vo. iii. 44.— M'Vickar, ii. 351. 

 Yiverra mephitica, Shaw, Gen. Zool. i. 1800, 390. 

 Mephites chinga and ilf. americana of authors. 



A short account of this animal, which, as the authors say, is the same 

 as that of other parts of North America. 



2.— Birds. 



" The Grouse or Prairie-hen.''' 



Allen, ii. ISO.— Rees, 4to, 473.— Eees, Svo. iii. 44.— M' Vicar, ii. 351. 



Phasiamis columhianus, Ord, Guthrie's Geog. 2d Am. ed. ii. 1815, 317 

 (based on Lewis and Clarke). 



Pedioccetes columhianus, Elliot, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1862, 403. 



Pedioecetes phasianellus, var. columbiamcs, Coues, Birds Northwest, 

 1874, 407. 



? Tetrao phasianellus, Ord, Guthrie's Geog. 2d Am. ed. ii. 1815, 317 

 (uncertain). 



The authors' account is extended and sufficiently minute to show that 

 they had in view the " Sharp-tailed Grouse," or Pedioecetes ifliasianellus 

 of writers who refer to the United States bird. In giving the name 

 " Columbia Pheasant" to this bird (coupled with the technical term 

 '■''Phasiamis cohanbianus"), Ord must not be understood as quoting 

 Lewis and Clarke ; for no such name is found in their work : they give 

 the bird under the caption above cited, and the "Pheasants" they speak 

 of are species of Tetrao and Bonasa. The quotation of " the Columbia 

 Pheasant of Lewis and Clarke" has been copied by several writers, 

 myself among the number, evidently without looking up the original. 

 As describers of the United States Pedioecetes^ Lewis and Clarke have 

 probably priority; though the Arctic form, the true Tetrao phasianellus 

 of Linnreus, had long before been recorded by other writers. 



" Code of the Plains." 



Allen, ii. 180.— Eees, 4to, 473.— Rees, 8vo. iii. 45.— M'Yickar, ii. 352. 

 Tetrao urophasianus., Bp., Zool. Journ. iii. 1828, 214. 

 Centrocercus nrophasianus of modern writers. 



It is singular that Ord, in naming so many species of Lewis and 

 Clarke's, should be entirely silent respecting this one, which they de- 

 scribe at length and with particularity, perhaps for the first time. The 

 earliest name I have found for it is that of Bonaparte just given. 



" Large Black and White Pheasant." 



Allen, ii. 181.— Rees, 4to, 474.— Eees, 8vo, iii. 47.— M'Vickar, ii. 353 



" Small Speclded Pheasant." 



Allen, ii. 182. — Eees, 4to, 475. — Eees, 8vo, iii. 48. — M'Vickar, ii. 354. 



" Small Broicn Pheasant." 



Allen, ii. 182.— Eees, 4to, 475.— Rees, Svo, iii. 48.— M'Vickar, ii. 354. 



