. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . uick strokes, which become more andmore rapid as has been described. This is most common in the morningand evening; and by this means the gunner is led to the place of his re-treat. The bird springs within a few yards, with a loud whizzing sound, andflies with great vigor through the woods beyond reach of view before italights. They are exceedingly fond of the seeds of grapes, and eat chesnuts,blackberries, and ants. In the fall they feed on whortleberries and p
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . uick strokes, which become more andmore rapid as has been described. This is most common in the morningand evening; and by this means the gunner is led to the place of his re-treat. The bird springs within a few yards, with a loud whizzing sound, andflies with great vigor through the woods beyond reach of view before italights. They are exceedingly fond of the seeds of grapes, and eat chesnuts,blackberries, and ants. In the fall they feed on whortleberries and partridgeberries, the last of which give their flesh a peculiar and delicate winter they eat the buds of the alder and laurel. At this time theirflesh is unwholesome. The ruffed grouse is eighteen inches long. The upper parts of the bodyare of a bright rust color, marked with spots of white. The under parts arewhite, and the tail beautifully marked with black. There is a tuft of largeblack feathers on each side of the neck, which it occasionally raises- AVES—PINNATED GROUSE. 603 THE PINNATED GROUSE, OR HEATH HEN,. Is the individual known by the general name of grouse in New dry plains, thinly interspersed with trees, or partially overgrown withshrub oaks, are his favorite haunts. Accordingly he is found on the plainsin New Jersey, in the barrens of Kentucky, on the bushy plains of LongIsland, and in similar situations in Pennsylvania, Indiana territory, andUpper Louisiana ; and, according to the late Governor Lewis, on the vastplains of the Columbia. They dislike marshes and watery places. Theirgreat inducement in frequenting these plains, is probably the small acorn ofthe shrub oak, the strawberries, whortleberries, and partridge berries, withwhich they abound, and which constitute their principal food. The most remarkable circumstance relative to these birds, is the twoextraordinary bags of skin which mark the neck of the male, and which nowriter h
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