550 



UNITED STATES* 



at length the female came, and after a few notes of 

 congratulation, they ascended tog*ether, almost per- 

 pendicularly, one hundred yards, and then, taking a 

 horizontal course, they disappeared. 



The woodcock ascends with a uniform note^ like 

 the ringing of a very small bell; at his greatest height 

 he lias a variety of notes, some of which exceedingly 

 resemble those of the English sky lark,"* 



Grous, fiartridge^ quail. As there is much confu- 

 sion prev'klent in the United States, respecting these 

 birds, owing to the adoption of absurd trivial names, 

 an accurate statement of their true names shall be 

 given. 



1. The Jiinnated grous ( tetrao cufiido ) is larg- 

 er than the European partridge. The bill is brown; 

 j rides hazel; the whole plumage reddish-brown, 

 marked transversely with black and white waved 

 lines ; the feathers of the head form a short crest, 

 on each side of the neck a most singular tuft (five 

 feathers in each) gradually lengthening to the fifth, 

 which is about three inches long; the upper feathers 

 ferruginous and white, the lower black; the greater 

 quills brown, spotted with rufous on the outer edge; 

 tail also brown, tipped with a fine line at the end ; 

 on each side of the neck a naked skin of a bright 

 orange colour \ feet covered with dingy white short 

 feathers, quite to the toes. This last is the charac- 

 teristic mark of difference between the pheasant and 

 grous* 



This bird is found in Carolina, New Jersey, and 

 other parts of North America. They are numerous 



Med. and Pliys, Journal, voi. ii. 



