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415 



Ruffed Grous, Gen. Syn. iv. p. 738. N" 8. — Jrll. Zool. li. N« 179. 

 Shoulder-knot Grous, Gen. Syn.iv. p. 737. N« 7. 



"ViyE beg leave here to retraft our opinion of the Ruffed and 

 Shoulder-knot Grous being of different fpecies. Mr. Pen- 

 nant\ obfervations on this head have their due weight with us, 

 and are fupported by our having lately received fpecimens of 

 both of them by the affiftance of Mr. Hutchins. 



We have been infornned, that both fexes vary much at different 

 ftages of life. The ground-colour of the plumage is not unlike 

 in both fexes ; but the tail in both is exaftly fimilar. The male 

 only has the ruff ^nd creft, which the female has- no traces of j in 

 return, the female only has the black at the bafe of the wing or 

 fhoulder^ 



8. 

 RUFFED OR. 



Namaqua Grous, Gen.Syn, iv. p. 750. N*'i5. 



T^R. Sparrman* mentions his having met with two fpecies of 

 Tetrao, near the Hottentots' Holland's warm bath, both of the 

 fize of our Partridge \ one of them called a Partridge, the other 

 a Pheajant. He obfervcs, that they live in flocks, and are not- 

 difEcult to come at, efpecially of mornings and evenings, at which 

 time they difcover their abode by a Ihrill kurring noife. One of 

 ihefe fpecies is moft probably the Namaqua Grous ; the other, for, 

 want of defcription, cannot be determined, 



• Foj. i. p. 153, . 



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NAMAQUA 

 OR. 



Red 



