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The male is blackish-brown, obscurely varied with 

 ashy-colour and brown ; the lower part of the neck 

 and chest, black ; beneath scattered with white lunate 

 spots, and two white lunate spots before the eyes ; the 

 hens are orange-brown, banded with ash ; tail, brown, 

 cloudedly banded with black, and yellow tipt. See 

 Pr. Musig. Amer. Om. iij, t. 22^ , t. 23, f. 1, ? . 



There are some, the males of which erect the 

 feathers on each side of the neck like a little tippet, 

 or two httle wings. Their manners are in some de- 

 gree Hke those of the turkey. Such are 



Ruffed GrouSy Lath. Tetrao Umbellus and Togatus, 

 Gm. Enl. 104, Edw. 248, Wilson, pi. 49, called 

 PlieasantSi in Pennsylvania, and Partridges, in New 

 England. 



Varied, with red, grey, and black ; a large black 

 patch at the bottom of each side the neck ; a black 

 band across the end of the tail, which is edged with 

 white; the bottom of the tarsi, naked. Inhabits 

 mountainous forests. The voice of the male in the 

 breeding season is like the noise of a drum. 



The Pinnated Grous, Lath. Tetrao Cupido, Gm. 

 Catesby, Sup. I. Wilson, pi. 27- Vieill. Gal. 219- 



Varied with yellow and brown; the tail brown ; 

 the tarsi feathered as far as the toes. The feathers 



