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THE BUFFED GROUSE. 
Teitao «jn6e//(«*— LiVNAL's, 
PLATK SIV. 
Tc-traq \imhciiu»^Lmnteiit^N0rlhem Zool^RuWetl Heath- 
cock» Edwards — Boiufia umbeUus, Bonaparte, Ruffed 
Gfouse, Wiiaon^ Audufton. 
This curious and beautiftil grouse is found from 
ttie 56» pamllel to the Gulf of Mejiico. It is com- 
mon in Pennsykania and the United States, and 
very abundant in the Kentucky and Indiana terriiary, 
and it was found on the banka of the Saskatche- 
wan by the Northern expedtlton, frequenting the 
liorse-patl^s and cleared spacps al)out the forts- Tlie 
following^ account of tlie manners of this bird, gtven 
by Alexander Wihon, will he acceptable 
" The manners of the pheasant are solitary % they 
are seldom fimntt in coveys of more tlian four or five 
together, and more usually in pairs, or singly. They 
leave their sequestered haunts in the woods early in 
the morning, and seek tlie path or road, to pick up 
gravel, and glean among the droppings of the horses. 
In travelling among the mountains that bound the 
Supquetnmna, I was al^vays able to fui-nisli myself 
with an abunchmt supply of these birds every morn- 
