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yellowish band from the upper mandible to the eye, beyond 
which it is prolonged. Throat and lower part of the neck light 
brownish-yellow. Lower ruff feathers of the same color, barred 
with reddish-brown ; the upper black, with blue reflections. A 
tuft of light chesnut feathers under the wings. The rest of the 
under parts yellowish-white, with broad, transverse spots of 
brownish-red ; the abdomen yellowish-red; and the under tail 
coverts mottled with brown. 
“ Length, 18 inches ; extent of wings, 2 feet; bill, along the 
ridge, £ ; along the gap, 1^ ; shank, l^L; middle toe, l£. 
“ Adult female. 
u The plumage of the female is less developed, and inferior in 
beauty. The feathers of the head and ruff* are less elongated ; 
the latter of a dull black. The tints of the plumage generally 
are lighter than in the male. 
“ The eggs usually measure an inch and a half in length, by 
an inch and two-twelfths in breadth, and are of an uniform dull 
yellowish tint.”— Audubon's Birds of America. 
“ This is the Partridge of the Eastern States, and the Phea¬ 
sant of Pennsylvania and the Southern Districts. It is represent¬ 
ed as it was faithfully copied from a perfect and very beautiful 
specimen. This elegant species is well known in almost 
every quarter of the United States, and appears to inhabit 
a very extensive range of country. It is common at Moose 
Fort, on Hudson’s Bay, in lat. 51°, is frequent in the 
upper parts of Georgia, very abundant in Kentucky, and 
the Indiana Territory, and was found by Capts. Lewis and 
Clark in crossing the great range of mountains that divide 
the waters of the Columbia and Missouri more than three 
thousand miles, by the measurement, from the mouth of the 
latter. Its favorite places of resort are high mountains, cov¬ 
ered with the balsam, pine, hemlock, and other evergreens. 
Unlike the Pinnated Grouse, it always prefers the woods, is 
seldom or never found in open plains, but loves the pine-shel¬ 
tered declivities of mountains near streams of water 
