GROUSESHOOTING ON THE PRAIRIES. 
Or Grouse, there are six distinct varieties in the United 
States and British Provinces, although but three of these 
are ordinarily shot by sportsmen, or brought into the mar- 
ket. They are the ruffed grouse, commonly known east of 
the Delaware River as the partridge, and south of it as the 
pheasant; the spotted, or Canada grouse, known as the 
spruce partridge; and the willow grouse, known as the 
red-necked partridge. These three birds are all wood- 
haunters, and the two latter species are found only in the 
northern parts of Maine, the wilderness of the eastern 
British Provinces, and northward so far as to Labrador. 
The first, or ruffed grouse, has a wide geographical range, 
being found in all the wooded regions of North America, 
