. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 1)1 ']:,.. 266 HUFFED G HO USE. sheltered duclivitios of mountainfl, near Btrcams of water. This great difference of dispoMitioii in two species, whoso fot)d seeins to be nearly the i^unic, is very extraordinary. In those open plains called the Barrenly of Kentucky, the l'innate<l (Jrousc was soon in great numbers, but none of the Ruffed; while in the high groves with which that singular tract of country is interspersed, the latter, or I'heusaiit, was frequently met with ; but not
. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 1)1 ']:,.. 266 HUFFED G HO USE. sheltered duclivitios of mountainfl, near Btrcams of water. This great difference of dispoMitioii in two species, whoso fot)d seeins to be nearly the i^unic, is very extraordinary. In those open plains called the Barrenly of Kentucky, the l'innate<l (Jrousc was soon in great numbers, but none of the Ruffed; while in the high groves with which that singular tract of country is interspersed, the latter, or I'heusaiit, was frequently met with ; but not a single individual of the former. The native haunts of the Pheasant being a cold, high, mountainous and woody country, it is natural to expect that as wo descend thenco to the sea shores, and the low, flat and warm climate of the Southern States, these birds should become more rare, un<l such indeed is the case. In the lower parts of Carolina, Georgia and Florida, they are very seldom observed; but as we advance inland to the mountains, they again make their appearand . In the lower parts o' New Jersey we indeed occa- sionally meet with them; but this is owing to the more northerly situa- tiori of the country; for even here they are far less numerous than among the mountains. Dr. Turton, and several other English writers, have spoken of a Long- tailed Grouse, said to inhabit the back parts of Virginia, which can be no other than the present species, there being, as far as I am acquainted, only these two, the Huffed and Pinnated Gron 'ound native within the United States. The manners of the Pheasant are solitary ; they are seldom found in coveys of more than four or five together, and more usually iti pairs or singly. They leave their sequestered haunts i!i the woods eurly in the morning, and .'cek the path or road, to pick up gravel, and glean among the droppings of the horses. In travelling among the mountains that bound the Susquehanna, I was always able to furnish myself
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