300 SHOULDER-KNOT HEATHCOCK. 



and white : the breast, and all the under parts, 

 are striped alternately with white and brown : the 

 quills are dusky, with reddish spots on their outer 

 webs : the upper tail-coverts are similar to the 

 back : the tail is dusky, tipped with black above, 

 and brown, with white coverts, below : the beak 

 is of a yellow-brown : the irides hazel. The female 

 is rather less than the male, the colours are less 

 brilliant, and she is entirely destitute of the wing- 

 like feathers on the neck. 



This species is found in Carolina, New Jersey, 

 and other parts of North America, but particularly 

 on the brushy plains of Long Island, where they 

 are very numerous : they lay a considerable num-^ 

 ber of eggs : in the autumn they live in little 

 families, and towards the commencement of winter 

 they associate in flocks of two hundred or more, 

 and as the snow falls, frequent the places where 

 pines and other trees grow, that serve them for 

 nourishment : their chief food is kuckle berries, and 

 acorns of the dwarf oaks. The male crows for 

 half an hour about daybreak, and at that time 

 sets the wing-like feathers quite upright, which 

 in general are depending on each side of the neck. 



SHOULDER-KNOT HEATHCOCK. 

 (Bonasa Umbellus.) 



Bo. capite cristato, corpore supra Jusco rufo nigroque variegato, 

 ' subtus fuho-alho, pectore lunulis fuscis variegato pennis axil" 



