“ When full grown and in good condition, they fre<iHently weigh
l>omids; mid Ihotigli the tlesli is dark, yet it is jiiiey,
III suminei' they feed on berries, iiiid in winter mi tho
and always esteemed good eating, pnrticularly when lariicd nnd roasted. In
tops of the dwarf birch and the buds of the ¡H.plar. In the fall they ar
lieciucntly perch on the tops of tho highest poplars, and will not suffer a
tliis sitiiAtioa, dive into the snow; but tlic spoitsinaii is e<iually balked in li
it, as to raise flight muiiy yards disfnut from the place they entered, ami
which the sportsiiuvu expects. Tliey, like the other species of (ironse. make tlieir -iiesta
Ihii-tceii eggs, Like the Kiifted (iroii.«o, they cannot he tamed, ns many trials have been n
tolerably tame, but in the severe cold more shy;
near uiiproaeli. They sometimes, when distiivhod in
i expeetutioiis. lus they force their wny so fast uiidov
very ftoipiently in a difl'ereut direction to tlmt from
the growid. and lay fiimi ten to
nt York Fort without success; for
though they never jnajle their escape, yet they always died, probuhly from the naiit of ¡iroiier food, for the hens tlmt hatched
them were as fond of them ns they could ¡»ossil.ly have been had they been the produce of their onn eggs. This species of Cirouso
Is called by the Southern Indians, ‘Aw-lCis-Cow,’"
For the next genus I retain Heichenbnch’s term.
( 'U r i D O X l A,
Bill moderate. Whujs rounded. Tail short: the feathers stiffened. Gnlar sacs concealed hy tufts o f laneeolaie feathers. Ihrsi ihiekhj
feathered.
Tho single species of this gcnns, is pcciilinv to North America, and dwell? in large flocks upon the western prairies. I t is the
10. C'JITDONIA CUl’l D O , ............................................................................................................................. I’i- 'tk XVI.
There seems lo be some doubt among authors regarding the proper term for the remaining gemis; some considering tho
Lagopns of Brisson as different from the Lagopus of Y'icillot.
As the former is not deemed an nuthority for species, it may naturally be supposed that a like verdict would he rendered
against him regarding genera; lint in this instance he has instituted the genus, taking the Tctrao Lagopus of Liniixus as hia
type, and Vieillot, in his Analyse, has simply followed lum. ,
I t would therefore only be rendering due justice that I should retain for the next group Brisson's term of
From an examination lately made of this bird in the British Museum, I am obliged to state th a t in my opinion it is
only n light-colored variety of Lagopns Scoticus, and therefore should he considered as merely a synonym of th a t apccics, and
not ill any way distinct.
21). L.YGOPUS MUTUS,
21, " RUl-KSTRIS,
22. ■■ IIYI’KRBOKEUS,
2)1 " LKUCUHU8, .
. Platrs x x i and XXII.
. Plate XXIIl.
. 1’l.ATE XXIV.
. P1..1TR XXV.
Ill this recapitulation I have given, I believe, every known species among the Tctraoiiinx, which
entitled to a specific distinctiies.s. As 1 imcud always to keep the subject before me, 1 shall be happy 1
any additional information regarding these bird», or to learn of the discovery of neiv s)iccics.
A (i O V U S,
Bill moderate; nasal groove eovered xcilh feathers, in xrinler reaching
covered with hair-like feathers to the nails.
Tho species are.