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Place. Inhabits litidjoris Bay, 'Newfoundland, and Canada. Is called by 



the Englijh of Hudfon's Bay, the IVood Partridge, from its living in 

 pine woods. Thefe birds are very ftupid -, fo that they are often 

 knocked down with a flick -, and are ufually caught by the natives 

 . with a noofe fattened to a ftake. In fummer they are very palat- 

 able ; for in that feafon they feed on berries. In winter they live oa 

 the fhoots of the fpruce-fir, which infefts the fiefli with a very difa- 

 greeable tafte. If it is true, that this fpecies lays but five eggs*3, 

 it is a ftrange exception to tke prolific nature of the genus. 



J183. White.- White Partridge, Ediu.'jZs — Ellis's Voy. 37. 



La Lagopede de la Baie de Hud/on, De Buffon, ii. 276. tab. ix. — Lathami^ 



La Gelinote blanche, BriJJon, i. 216. — PL Enl. 



Tetrao Lagopus, yiijr/i Snorip^j, i«//iV Cheruna, Faun. Siiec. N° 203. 



^ilR. With a black bill: fcarlet eye-brows, very large in the 



male; in the female far lefs confpicuous. Head, neck and 



Summer part of the back, coverts of the tail, and fcapulars, deep orange, 



LUMAGE. cFofTed with numerous duflcy lines, and often marked with great 



blotches of white : belly, legs, and middle feathers of the tail, white : 



the reft of the tail dufky, tipt with white: the Ihafts of the quill 



feathers black : the legs and toes warmly clad with a very thick and 



long coat of foft white feathers : the claws broad and flat, adapted 



for digging. 



Winter Such is the fummer drefs : in winter they change their color to 



Plumage.. ,.,. iiii- 



white, or, more properly fpeaking, moult, and change their colored 



Doubly plumes for white ones. By a wonderful providence, every feather, 



except thofe of the wings and tail, becomes double ; a downy one 



fhooting out at the bafe of each, as exprefTed in the plate, which 



gives an additional proteftion againft the cold. In the latter end of 



February, the fummer plumage begins to appear firft about the.. 



Feathered. 



• Ph. Tr, Ixii. 390. 



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