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ACCOUNT OF SEVERAL 
two inches ; its girth, twenty-two. It weighs from siX 
to eight pounds. In the female, the lengthened filamen- 
tous feathers on the sides of the neck are wanting’ 
The skin, cheek, aud upper part of the throat, are 
dingy white, streaked with brownish black; the re- 
mainder of the auterior portion of the neck and breast 
are grayish white, minutely streaked aud spotted with 
brownish black. In other respects, her plumage nearly 
resembles that of the male. Her size is considerably 
less. 
“ The flight of these magnificent bird is slow ana 
unsteady, and affords but little amusement to the sports- 
man. Their wings are feeble, and of small dimen- 
sions, in proportion to the great size and weight 
their bodies; and their progress through the air 13 
consequently effected rather by a fluttering motion! 
than by a direct and continuous flight. They rise a 1 
first hurriedly from the ground, giving two or three 
claps with their w'iugs in quick succession, and, aft * 1 
flying a short distance, all the time swinging from si<J e 
to side with a whirring noise, they gradually drop aga |U 
to the ground. Wheu raised, their voice resemble’ 
that of the common pheasant. Though they may b® 
said to represent the capercailzie, or wood grouse> 
( T. urof) alius,) in the New World, they so far difl* r 
from that species in their mode of life, that they net®*' 
perch. 4 Indeed,’ says Mr Douglas, in a letter addresse® 
to me on these subjects, 4 within their range not * 
hush larger than a common broom or whin is to b c 
found.’ — 4 The young autumnal birds,’ he adds, 4 at 1 ’ 
of a light gray, or betwixt that and slate colour. Th 1 ', 
oesophagus (externally) in colour is similar to that o> 
T. cupido, but bas numerous reticulated minute nert * 6 
(blood-vessels ?) of a darker tint, which are conspicnoo* 
sited state. How delighted you worn' 
.. n you 
His usual form ,s 
when in an inflated 
be to see this bird making love ! 
totally lost. He appears all neck and breast, and is 0# 
the whole one of the most grotesque looking creatur ® 5 
that can well be imagined.’ 
“ They pair in March and April. 4 Small eminenc e9 
