LONG-TAILED GROUS£. 
The following specific character of the 
Long-Tailed Grouse, or Tetrao Phasianellus, 
according to the Linnsean system, is subjoin- 
ed by the English translator of BufFon's Na- 
tural History of Birds, with some additional 
information, 
** It^s tail is wedge-shaped : it's head, it^s 
neck, and the upper side of its body, are brick - 
coloured, striped with black. In Hudson's 
Bay, it lives among the Larch bushes : and 
feeds on berries, in summer; and on the buds 
of Lsirch and Birch, in winter. It lays from 
nine to thirteen eggs. The cock has a very 
shrill sort of a crow, not very loud. When 
disturbed, or on wing, he repeats the sound — 
*' Guck ! Guck !" and cracks the feathers of 
his tail. The flesh of these birds, which is 
grey, is fat and juicy." 
