DUSKY GROUSE. 
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>£«ed any new species that still remain to be disco- 
-^he extensive wilds of North America may 
iVj, * Ornish more, though we do not think so ; for since 
'V.l Ve become acquainted with both sexes of the 
*bi ( , 8' r ou$e, and the cock of the plains, we have been 
Hi !° re ^ er satisfactorily to known species all those of 
id ,?? any indications occur in the accounts of travellers 
v ls country. 
k^' 0| 'th America is exceeded by no country in the 
number, and valuable qualities of her grouse ; 
ik S |<! is even perhaps superior to all others in these 
Hi ts ’ since the discovery of the cock of the plains. 
H| , Tl gh the careful and accurate researches of Wilson 
»p„ . e d him to the belief that there existed but two 
*>o | les °f grouse in the territory of the United States, 
H i ^ lan s ' x al ' < ‘ no "' known to inhabit within their 
Stt^aaries. But we are not aware that any of the 
(j^pttus Lagopus ever enters the coniines of the 
notwithstanding the pains we have taken to 
C.n information on this point from the high northern 
HtJ^tg of Maine and Michigan, in which, if any where, 
lj e ’’ ar <* most likely to be discovered. It would however 
ill „ ef y extraordinary if these birds, which are found 
lifj ‘ Alps of Switzerland, should not also inhabit the 
tdjj^an; res of the Rocky Mountains, which are known 
Htn * resort of the various species of grouse. With 
W®*eeption, therefore, of the well known Tetrao 
Hp * w , which belongs to Bunctsia, all the others are 
'!>, Sfouse, 
h.. ^ Snrsff. 
Tctraonts. 
*itt~‘ ,,! s P°tted, and the sharp-tailed grouse, w ere long 
tiw, known as inhabitants of that part of America 
of the United States, but the two others are 
Hit a( Wed, not only to our fauna, but to the general 
tofpHb being found for the first time in the American 
Hi. r y and not elsewhere. For the history of the 
it,, 0 very .... - • 1 
-ji.'Oir several articles. 
On n ° dusky grouse is eminently distinguished from all 
*' known species by having the tail slightly rounded, 
• .»* the manners, habitation, and a particular 
ti, ..option of each of these, we shall refer the reader 
ell. 
