feathers, black, with sonic irregular white marks, and one interrupted
white bar near the end; upper tail coverts, partially tipped with
white; the outer feathers longer than the middle; under tail coverts,
greyish black spotted with white on the tips. Legs, grey, covered
with downy feathers, above the knee greyish brown lipped with
white, below greyish brown minutely waved with reddish brown;
toes, bare of feathers and dark greyish brown, and strongly pectinated;
claws, blunt and blackish brown.
Female; weight, from five to six: pounds; length, two feet two
inches; bill, dusky brown; iris, hazel; head, crown, neck on the
hack, ami nape, dark brown, barred and freckled with yellow brown
and black. Throat and breast, yellowish chesnut, the feathers of the
latter margined with black, and with an edging of greyish white.
Primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, dusky, mottled on the outer
webs witli light brown. Tail, dark rust-colour, barred with black
and tipped witli while- under tail coverts, with broader edges of
white. 1^'gs, greyish brown; toes and claws, pale brown.
The young at first resemble the female, the males slowly gaining
their proper plumage.
The hybrid between this species and the Black Grouse has the
bill black, the shining feathers on the neck of a rich plum-colour,
and the outer feathers of the tail the longest.
END Oi" VOL. III.
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