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5. The Cock of the Plains, Tetrao Urophasianus; 
6. The Sharp-tailed Grouse, Tetrao Phasianellus; 
7. The Willow Grouse, Tetrao Saliceti; 
8. The American Ptarmigan, Tetrao Mutus; 
9. The Rock Ptarmigan, Tetrao Rupestris; and 
10. The White-tailed Ptarmigan, Tetrao Leucuras. 
Of these noble birds, the three species first named are all na¬ 
tives of the Eastern States, and a few of all are yet to be found 
in them ; although the Pinnated Grouse, or Heath-Hen, has been 
nearly exterminated—as I have before observed—and the Canada 
or Spruce Grouse, is a shy, forest-haunting bird, rarely met with, 
and scarcely ever pursued on his own account alone. I never 
saw but one alive, which I shot on the Penobscot, in Maine. It 
is, so far as I can learn, nowhere plentiful, not even in its north¬ 
ern haunts. 
The seventh species, the Willow Grouse, is stated in the books 
to exist from Maine to Labrador. I never, however, have heard 
of one being killed, or seen south of the St. Lawrence, above 
Quebec. If it be found in the States, it is so rare as to be un¬ 
worthy of notice, as a species of game. 
The fourth, fifth, sixth, and tenth varieties are indigenous to 
the Rocky Mountains and the valley of the Columbia, and will 
probably be, one day, added to the list of American game, and 
fairly pursued, as such. 
The eight and ninth inhabit the desolate regions northward of 
Labrador, and Melville Island, and the banks of the Churchill 
River, where no one is very like to follow them in search of 
sport. Few of our race have ever seen them living, and they 
are of course incapable of naturalization to the southward. 
And here ends the list of our game land-birds, proper—al¬ 
though as I have stated, two or three varieties of those which 
are classed by the naturalist as water-birds, and which are in 
some sort amphibious, fall under the sportsman’s head of Upland 
shooting. It is on account of this peculiarity, that I propose, 
after enumerating and classifying the game of the country in 
general, in its proper orders, families, and genera, to distinguish 
