C 3 89 3 
6 . Tetrao. r 1 5Canadenfis, 274.3. ~l Faun. Am. Sept. 10. . 
Grous. \Canace, 275.7* jSpotted Grous. 
Gelinotte du Canada, male et femelle, PI. enl. 
131 et 132. Buffon Oifeaux II. p. 279. 4to. 
Briffon I. p. 203. t. 20. f. 1, 2, and p. 201. app. . 
10. Edwards, t. 118 and 71, 
Severn River, N° 5. Wood partridge. 
Thefe birds are all the year long at Hudfon’s 
Bay, and never change the colour of their 
plumage. The accounts from Hudfon’s Bay 
fay, there is no material difference between 
the male and female ; which muft be a mil- 
take, as they are really very different. Lin- 
neus’s defcriptions of the Tetrao Canadenfis, 
and Canace, both anfwer to the fpecimens fent 
over, fo that, after comparing them, I find 
they are only one and the fame fpecies. I . 
fuppofe the dividing them into two, was 00 
caiioned by BrifTon’s and Edwards’s defcrip- 
tions, being taken from fpecimens fent from 
different parts of the continent of America, 
and perhaps caught at different feafons. Mr. 
de Buffon has, I find, the fame opinion with 
me, and by comparing the drawings of Ed- 
wards, with thofe of the Planches enluminees, 
it is put beyond a doubt. Thefe birds are 
very ffupid, may be knocked down with a 
flick, and are frequently caught by the na- 
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