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of the wood. The figure, which Mr. Ed- 
wards has given of the former bird, does not 
exa&ly correfpond with the Society’s fpeci- 
men, as he has reprefented the marks on 
the bread: half-moon fhaped, though they 
are heart-fhaped as thofe on the belly in the 
dried bird ; that is, they are white fpots, 
with a pale brownifh yellow cordated brim. 
Nor can I agree with Mr. Edwards, when 
he calls this bird the long-tailed grous from 
Hudfon’s Bay ; for its tail is really very fhort, 
in comparifon with that of other groufe, and 
its lmallnefs and acutenefs afford one of the 
mod: diftinguifhing characters of the fpecies. 
The native Indians call thefe pheafant groufes, 
Oc-kifs-cow : they are found all the year 
long, amongft the fmall juniper bufhes, of 
which the buds are their principal food, as 
alfo the buds of birch in winter, and all forts 
of berries in fummer. They never vary their 
colours ; nor is there any great difference be- 
tween the male and female, except in the 
caruncula or comb over the eye, which in the 
male is an inch long, and 4 of an inch 
high. The account from Albany Fort adds,- 
that the colour of the male is fomewhat 
browner, and almoft a chocolate on the bread:. 
Their flefh is of a light brown, exceeding 
juicy, and they are very plump. They lay 
from 9 to 13 eggs; their young can run al- 
moft as foon as they are hatched ; they make 
a piping noife fomewhat like a chicken. The 
cock has a flirill crowing note, not very loud ; 
