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—&Ms firft fituation. The Black Ganis are foon 
enticed by the corn on the poles, and after they 
have eaten a little, they fly to the bafkets, and 
attempt to fettle on the tops; the round piece 
of wood with their weight falls fideways, and they 
drop into the bafket, which is fometimes found 
half full of them. 
The third fpecies is the Spotted Grous. The 
legs. are feathered, the tail feathers are black, 
tipped with brownifh red ; it has a white {pot be~ 
fore and behind each eye. 3 | 
It inhabits Canada, and the northern “parts oe. 
Amenca, : 
In fummer they feed on sled and their fefh 
is very delicate. ea 
In the winter they eat juniper berries, se the- 
fhoots and cones of the fpruce firs, which gives 
them a difagreeable flavour. | 
In that feafon they are furnifhed with dows ; 
feathers; at the approach of the winter’s cold, — 
; - they either moult, or a foft downy feather grows 
out of the bafe of each of the other feathers, to 
preferve them the better sie the feverity of the 
weather. ; 
- They make their neft on the ground, and i“ | 
five eggs. 
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