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Cedar Partridge, and Spruce Partridge. The American settlers of 
Canada distinguish it by the first. In Michigan and New-York 
it goes generally by the second. In Maine it bears the third, 
and in other parts of New-England, New-Brunswick &c., more 
properly the last. We have been informed by General Henry 
A. S. Dearborn, that they are sent from Nova-Scotia and New- 
Brunswick to Boston in a frozen state; as in the north they are 
known to be so kept hanging throughout the winter, and when 
wanted for use, they need only be taken down and placed in cold 
water to thaw. General Dearborn, to whom we are much indebted 
for the information which his interest for science has induced him 
voluntarily to furnish, further mentions, that he has heard from 
his father that during the progress of the expedition under Arnold 
through the wilderness to Quebec in 1775, these Grouse were 
occasionally shot between the tide waters of Kennebeck river and 
the sources of the Chaudiere, now forming part of the state of 
Maine. Fine specimens of the Spotted Grous have been sent to 
the Lyceum of Natural History of New-York from the Sault de 
Ste. Marie, by Mr. Schoolcraft, whose exertions in availing 
himself of the opportunities which his residence affords him for 
the advancement of every branch of zoology, merit the highest 
praise. He informs us that this bird is common from Lake 
Huron to the sources of the Mississippi, being called in the 
Chipeway language, Mushcodasee, i. e.. Partridge of the Plains. 
The favourite haunts of the Spotted Grous are pine woods 
and dark cedar swamps, in winter resorting to the deep forests of 
spruce to feed on the tops and leaves of these evergreens, as 
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well as on the seeds contained in their cones, and on juniper 
berries. Hence their flesh, though at all times good, is much 
better in summer, as in winter it has a strong flavour of spruce. 
At Hudson’s bay, where they are called indifferently Wood or 
Spruce Partridge, they are seen throughout the year. Like other 
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