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ZOOLOGY. 



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It has in particular, besides the fourteen black feathers in its tail, the two long super- 

 incumbent feathers mentioned by Captain Sabine, as peculiar to the species, exclusive 

 of the six other superior coverts ; these two feathers are tipped with white, and are 

 otherwise nearly black, but have some mottling of the general brown of the plumage 

 on them; the six superior coverts are mottled black and brown with white tips ; the 

 fourteen tail feathers are black, part only of them being very slightly tipped with 

 white. 



Tetrao Canadensis. Canada Grouse. 



These are the Wood Partridges of Hearne and of the North American settlers. 

 They are only found in the northern parts of the New World, not having been observed 

 in the United States, nor are they natives of Europe. Though remaining in the cold 

 climate of those countries during the winter, their plumage continues unchanged. 

 Specimens both of a male and female bird were received in good condition ; their size 

 is that of the Ptarmigan, and of course they are considerably larger than the Rock 

 Grouse. Both sexes are tolerably described in Latham's Synopsis ; and are each 

 figured by Edwards, as well as in the Planches Enlumineos, the species being called 

 by Buffon La Gelinote du Canada. The male was made a separate species from the 

 female, by Brisson, which led Linnaeus into a similar error, and this was not cor- 

 rected by Gmelin ; they will be found in the Sy sterna Nature, as T. Canadensis and 

 T. Can ace. 



Charadrius Pluvialis. Golden Plover. 



A specimen, in winter plumage, is in the collection. Golden Plovers were found 

 breeding abundantly in the North Georgian Islands, and they probably exist through- 

 out the whole of the higher latitudes of the American Continent, but they are only 

 known in the United States, as visitors from the autumn until the spring. In the 

 latter season their whole under parts become black, which disappears with the moult- 

 ing after the young are reared. In this darkened plumage they are the C. Apricarius 

 and Alwagrim Plover of different Ornithological writers. The species is well known 

 in Europe. 



Charadrius Vociferus. Noisy Plover. 

 This species is confined to America, and breeds in the more temperate as well as 

 in the northern parts of that country. It is known to the Americans as the Kildeer, 

 from the note which it utters incessantly, when disturbed. Wilson has figured and 

 described the bird correctly ; it is much smaller than the preceding, and approaches 

 more to the appearance of a Ringed Plover, but is peculiar in having a long wedge- 

 shaped tail, the upper coverts of which are orange ; the rest of the upper parts of 



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