NOTES. 89 



Felis montana, mountain lynx. Another species is al- 

 so found among these mountains, and appears to be the 

 i-'. rufa of Turton. I measured one of these, that from 

 the nose to the insertion of the tail, was upwards of three 

 feet. 



Note 17— Page 20. 



-the fluttering partridge dies. 



This is the tcirao virginianus of Linnarus. In th« 

 States of New-England it is called the quail. 



Note 18— Page 21. 



Trailing their broad barred tails two pheasants strode. 



The bird here called a pheasant is the ruffed grous (tc 

 trao umbeBus) of European naturalists, in New-Eng- 

 land it is called the partridge. 



Note 19— Page 22. 



Dupont. — A celebrated manufacturer of gunpowder, 

 on the Brandy wine, whose packages are usually impress- 

 ed with the figure of an eagle. 



Note 20— Page 23. 



