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of New England, New Brunswick, &c. more prop ef j / 
the last. We have been informed by General Henrf A , 
S. Dearborn, that they are sent from Nova Scotia »? 
New Brunswick to Boston, in a frozen state; as ( 
north they are known to be so kept hang*in«* throt^^^L 
the winter, and when wanted for use, they need 
be taken down, and placed in cold water to th® 
General Dearborn, to whom we are much indebted 1 " 
the information which his interest for science 11 . 
induced him voluntarily to furnish, farther menth’ 1 '"! 
that he has heard from his father, that, during J., 
progress of the expedition under Arnold, through 1 . 
wilderness to Quebec, in 177.7, these grouse "‘.jj 
occasionally shot between the tide waters of K ei i neb® . 
river and the sources of the Chaudiere, now forW 1 ! 'i 
part of the state of Maine. Fine specimens oi J 
spotted grouse have been sent to the Lyceum of Nat"£ 
History of New York, from the Sault de Ste. Martov 
Mr Schoolcraft, whose exertions in availing 1 hinisck- a 
the opportunities which his residence affords It in*, u 
the advancement of every branch of zoology, merit 
highest praise. He informs us, that this bird is com? 
from Lake Huron to the sources of the Misstos'PL 
being called in the Chipeway language, mushcod® 8 
i. e. partridge of the plains. . , 
The favourite haunts of the spotted grouse, are P 1 
woods and dark cedar swamps, in winter resorting j 
the deep forests of spruce, to feed on the top s "js 
leaves of these evergreens, as well as on the f l (t 
contained in their cones, and on juniper berries. B' 1 j|i 
their flesh, though at all times good, is much bet 11 ’ 1 
summer, as in winter it lias a strong flavour of fi P rll ,|i - 
At Hudson s Bay, where they are called indifF<-' r< ‘ l ],< 
wood or spruce partridge, they are seen throughom 1 
year. Like other grouse, they build on the g 1 ' 0 . 0 ;,,., 
laying perhaps fewer eggs ; these are varied with '')> L, 
yellow, and black. They are easily approached, • 
unsuspicious, and by no means so shy as the 
rnffed grouse, and are killed or trapped in nun 1 - 
without much artifice being 1 necessary for this pnfP 
