neck, Breast, belly, and flanks, black; under wing-coverts,
axillary plume and under tail-coverts, pure white;; vént,
thighs, and legs, mixed black and white ;' toes, and claws
blackish brown.
The whole length twenty-two. inches. From the carpal
joint to the end of the wing, ten inches and a half:/ the form
of the wing- r o u n d e d t h e first quill-feather about as long
as the seventh, the second about as long as the sixth, the
fourth rathef lönger than the third ot the fifth, and the longest
in die wing. jb
The female of the Black Grouse,' usually :• called the Gre^
Hen, has the beak brown, irides hazel; the general colour
of the plumage pale chestnutt brown, barred and. freckled
with black; the dark , bars and spots--larger, and most corir
spicuous on the. breast, back, wings, and upper tail-coverts ;
the feathers of the breast edged with greyish white, particularly
in old birds, and in those from northern latitudes;
under tail-coverts nearly white ; feathers on the legs pale
yellow brown ; toes and claws brown.
The whole length seventeen to eighteen inches ; from thé
carpal joint to the end »of the wing nine inches.
Several instances have occurred in which the femalWof
this species have assumëÉ, to a Considerable extéht, the^ejlpue-
ing of the plumage of the male.
RASORES. TETRAONIDÆ.
T H E RED GROUSE.
Tetrao Scöti&is,
i »> lagopus,
Scoticus,
Lagopus ,
Tetrao ,,
Lagopus ,
Tetrao ,
Red Grouse, P e n n . B r i t . Zool. vot. i . p; 356.
, , ,, M o n t . Ornjtli. .D i e t .
, , , , - B e w ic k , B r i t . B i r d s ,
, / Flem.'Brit.'i'Vii. p. 43.
,, . Ptarmigan, SfSi&Y, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 427.
Ptarmigan, ' . Jenyns, ’Brit. Vep. p. l.|0. -•
Î, Grouse, • Gould', Birds of Europe,,pt. xv.
Tétras rouge, 'T e m m . Man. d’Ornith. v o l. i i . p. 4 6 5 .