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of the wood. The figure, which Mr. Ed- 

 wards has given of the former bird, does not 

 exactly correfpond with the Society's fpeci- 

 men, as he has reprefented the marks on 

 the breaft half-moon fhaped, though they 

 are heart-fhaped as thofe on the belly in the 

 dried bird ; that is, they are white fpots, 

 with a pale brown ifh yellow cordated brim. 

 Nor can I agree with Mr. Edwards, when . 

 he calls this bird the long-tailed grous from 

 Hudfon's Bay j for its tail is really very (hort, 

 in comparifon with that of other groufe, and 

 its fmallnefs and acutenefs afford one of the 

 moft diftinguifhing characters of the fpecies. 

 The native Indians call thefe pheafant groufes, 

 Oc-kifs-cow ; they are found all the year 

 long, amongft the fmali juniper bufhes, of 

 which the buds are their principal food, as 

 alio the buds of birch in winter, and all forts 

 of berries in fummer. They never vary their 

 colours ; nor is there any great difference be- 

 tween the male and female, except in the 

 caruncula or comb over the eye, which in the 

 male is an inch long, and 4- of an inch 

 high. The account from Albany Fort adds, 

 that the colour of the male is fomewhat 

 browner, and almoft a chocolate on the breaft. 

 Their flefh is of a light brown, exceeding 

 juicy, and they are very plump. They lay, 

 from 9 to 1 3 eggs ; their young can run al- 

 moft as foon as they are hatched ; they make 

 a piping noife fomewhat like a chicken. The 

 cock has a fhrill crowing note, not very loud -, 

 i but 



