LONG-TAILED GROUSE. 
with the size, colour, and long tail, of the 
Pheasant. The plumage of the Male is of a 
deeper shining hiown, wilh various reflections 
near the neck ; and he stands very erect, with 
a bold aspect : differences which are invariable, 
between the Male and Female, in all birds of 
this kind. Edwards did not venture to give 
red eye-brows to this^ Female ; because he on- 
ly saw a stuffed specimen, in which that cha- 
racter was not sufficiently distinct. The legs 
were rough: the toes, indented on the edges j 
and the hind toes very short. 
''At Hudson's Bay," addsBufFon, "this bird 
is called a Pheasant. The long tail, indeed, 
forms a sort of shade between the Hazel 
Grouse and the Pheasants. The two middle 
quills of the tail project two inches farther than 
the two following on either side; and, tlius, 
gradually shorten. These birds are also found 
in Virginia, in the woods and the unfrequent- 
ed parts. 
Much of this, which is the whole of Buf- 
fon's account, the reader must perceive is mere- 
ly a transcript of Edwards, 
The 
