DUSKY GROUSE, 
l||j (same people) Daigli-ton-tah, E. 
• . . Pireouah, F. 
SWpteaux . Mes-sey-thew, E. 
JC 1 ® • . . Pilauoh • • • 
. . Pahquun, E. 
^2j a y* . . Kunum« E. 
s& ( a t > rM,dl } Ze-ze-kah, E, 
* l °Ux) 
189 
CAttwater in Archied. 
Amer. 
MS. Voc. 
Mackenzie. 
MS. Voc. 
MS. Voc. 
MS. Voc. 
Say. 
r Netachrocliwa gatsclii- Zeisberger’sDictiouary. 
V “«“ s (Iroquois) £ , mUi a 
n T cock . Snk ah tingah, E. , 
C hen Inchuga Sukah, E. 
^C) Val,toktatllt '] Wa-ck-kung-ja, E. 
S&'ee ; Pelewn, G. . 
■ - - Witeh-pshah, E. 
^ (E°ng ^ Nahiam, E. 
MS. 
MS. Voc. 
MS. Voc. 
Say. 
Heckewelder. 
MS. Voc. 
MS. Voc. 
GENUS XIX. — TETRAO. 
42. TETRAO OBSCURUS , SAY. - — DUSKY GROUSE. 
BONAPARTE, PLATE XVIII. FEMALE. 
in his genus Tetrao, brought together so 
vk‘ a number of species bearing no more than a distant 
^(Ndance to each other, and differing not only in 
external characters, hut even in their peculiar 
lify's. that he might, with almost the same propriety, 
V'lv lauded in it all typical gallinaceous birds. Latham 
^.{Judiciously separated the genus Tinamus , as well 
1 of Per dice, which latter he restored from Brisson. 
likewise contributed to our better know ledge of 
Oirds by characterizing two more natural genera, 
!/ t ( r *Qptes and Ortygis. Temminck, in his Histone 
\ t /* u Uinaces, carried the number to seven, hut has 
■j! rp duced it by reuniting Cotumix to Perdix. 
f’riie * IUe Tetraones are divided by Vieillot into two 
ra > the Lagopodes forming a distinct one by 
t|, ' ,ls, 'lves. These, however, w'e regard as no more 
u submenus, of which w r e distinguish three in our 
tS* m of Virginia, a branch of the Tuscaroras. . 
“11 ofe, a nation of tloridian Indians, speaking a curious tem roa, 
Xo' P»nicular sounds, not found in any other languages. 1 hey live 
“ “w Creeks. 
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