LONG-TAILED GROUS. 
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webs ; secondaries brown, striped on the outer 
edge, and tipped with white : rump lioary : tail 
short, consisting of eighteen feathers ; the two 
middle ones longer than the rest, and spotted with 
testaceous ; the rest of them pale brown, tipped 
with white : the breast and belly whitish, marked 
with testaceous cordiform spots, deepest on the 
belly. The sexes differ but little from each other, 
the principal distinction being in the male having 
the naked space over the eyes more determined 
and brighter. 
These birds inhabit the mountainous parts of 
the country about Hudson’s Bay ; they feed upon 
juniper berries and buds : they associate in small 
flocks, and lay their eggs, which vary from ten to 
sixteen iti number, upon the ground, in an artless 
nest composed of grass, and lined with a few fea- 
thers : the eggs are white, and are hatched about 
the middle of June : the young follow the mother 
as soon as hatched : their flesh is greatly prized, 
and is very plump and juicy. They are called by 
the natives of Hudson’s Bay Arv-lds-cow^ accord- 
ing to Hearne. 
