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THE CANADIAN GROUSE. 
Tetrao CaTiadeH*U,^l»is^iMT3a. 
PLATE XV • 
Tetrao Caiuwlensi*, Bonaparte's Cowfinwoi/ffn.^Varicty^, 
North. Zoot. ii. pi. 61. 
The 6gure of this species ia taken from a speci- 
men in tlie Edinburgh Mui^euni, fm<] from the dis- 
tribution of the colouring", Btrongly resembies the 
markings of the variety dedicated to Captain Frank- 
liu aa distinct. Among several of t}ie lesser grons^e} 
there is a certain variety in the tints and distribution 
of the plumage ; and duritig the breeding »ea-^on, and 
at the diflVrent ages, these become very diflferent in- 
deed. On these accounts, we do not consider that 
Kufiiciently tlistinctive marks have yet been assigned 
to the birds wbicb have been designated T* Cana- 
demh and FranklimL 
The entire length is about eeventeen inches. It 
is common in Hudson's Bay through the wiiole year. 
It inliabit*? Canada in winter* and abounds on the 
Itocky Mountains* " The favourite haunts of the 
spotted or Canada Grouse," write* Bonaparte, " are 
pine woods and dark cedar swamps, in winter re- 
sorting to tJie deep forests of spruce, to feed on the 
top» and leaves of these evergreens, as well as on 
the seeds contained in their cones, anti upon Juniper 
berries. Hence their flesh, though at all times good, 
• This Plate comes before Plate XIV. which faces p, 127. 
