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"Phe Laplanders make a hedge with the boughs 
of birch-trees, and leave fome openings in which 
they place noofes ; 3 the birds come to feed on the 
buds, and when they attempt to go through the 
openings they are caught. 
The Greenlanders take them with noofes tied 
toa long line, which is ‘carried between two 
men, who contrive to draw thefe noofes over 
their heads. 
The Pinnated Grous is the sth fpecies. Its 
legs are covered with feathers, on each fide of 
the neck is a tuft of five feathers thefe tufts ae 
, little refemble wings.. | a 
The tufts which diftinguith this fpecies are very: 
near the back part of the head, and can be raifed 
or dropped at pleafure. | 
When frightened, the Pinnated Grous fpreads. 
them dut like wings, and.they probably afift him 
both in running and Aying» oF his” wings are: 
very fhort.. 
- On the head there is a fmall creft,. the tail iS: 
barred: with faint brown and black. 
’ The hen bird is very much like the cock, eX 
cept that it has not thefe tufts. _ ay 
They inhabit Virginia, and, as far sl as: 
Hudfon’s Bay, - | 
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