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njper tops, in fummer on goofe- berries, rafp- 



berries, currants, cranberries, &c. They are 



not migratory, flaying all the year at Moofe 



Fort; they build their nefts on dry ground, 



hatch nine young at a time, to which the 



mother clucks, as our common hen does; 



and on the leafl appearance of danger, or in 



order to enjoy a comfortable degree of warmth, 



the young ones retire under the wings of their 



parent. 



N. B. A fpecimen, which is fuppofed to be 



either a young bird or a female, wants the 



blueifh black fhoulder-knot j but it is the 



fame in all other refpecls. 



Tetrao, i 8. Phafianellus. Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 

 X. p. 160. n. 5. Edw. 117. Longtailed Grous, 

 Faun. Am. Septentr. 10. 

 Severn River, N° 6 and 7. Albany Fort, N° 3. 



This bird, which Mr. Edwards has drawn plate 

 1 17, was by Linneus in the tenth edition of 

 his Syftem, ranged as a new fpecies of grous 

 or tetrao, by the fpecific name of Phafianel- 

 lus (alluding to the name of Pheafant which 

 it bears atHudfon's Bay, and likewife to its 

 pointed tail). He afterwards in the new or 

 twelfth edition of the Syftem, p. 273. makes 

 it a variety of the great Cock of the Wood, 

 or Tetrao Urogallus, probably from the ac- 

 count in Mr. Edwards, that the male ftruts 

 very upright, is in general of a darker colour 

 than the female, and has a gloffy neck. Thefe 

 ckcumflances, however,e are not fufficient to 



bring 



