G e n u s LUI. G R O U S,
* W I T H F O U R TOESN°
1. WoodGr.
n. Long-tailed Gr.
3. Black Gr.
Var. A.
4. Nemefian Gr.
5. Birch Gr.
6. Spotted Gr.
7. Shoulder-knot Gr.
8. Ruffed Gr.
9. Pinnated Gr.
N° 10. Ptarmigan Gr.
11. White Gr.
12. Hazel Gr.
13. Red Gr.
14. Pin-tailed Gr.
Var. A.
15. Namaqua Gr.
16. Sand Gr.
17. Indian Gr.
* * WI T H T H R E E TOE S .
18. Heteroçlite Gr.
T H E bill in this genus is convex, ftrong, and Ihort: a
naked fcarlet Ikin above each eye f .
Noftrils (mail,' hid in the feathers.
T ongue pointed at the end.
Legs ftrong, feathered to the toes, and fometimes to the nails.
The toes of fome of the fpecies pectinated on the fides.
f Three or four of the laft fpccies excepted.
W i t h
* W i t h F O U R T O E S .
T e t r a o u ro g a llu j , Lin. Syft. i . p . 273. ,} (the male.)— Faun. Suec. N ° z o o —
Scop. ann. i . N ° 16 9 .— Brun. N ° 19 4 . 19 5 .— Muller, N ° 2 2 1 .— Frijlb.
p i . 107 . 108.— Kram. el. p. 3 5 6 . 1.— Georgi Reife, p . 1 7 2 .
L e C o q d e B ru y è re , Brif. orn. i . p . 182. 1.
ou le T é t r a s , Buf. oif. i i . p . 191. p l. 3.—p l. enl. 7 3 . 74. ' v :
M o u n ta in C o c k and H e n , Albin, i i . p l . 2 9. 30.
C o c k o f the W o o d , RaiiSyn. p . 5 3 . A . 1 . — Will. orn. p . i 7 z . p l . j o . —
Br. Zool. i . N ° 9 2 . p l . 40 . 41,— Tour in Scotl. 8vo. p . 7 9 , p l, 13 . 16 .
— Ar il. Zoo l . .
Lev. Muf,
T P H I S fpecies is as large as a Turkey, and two feet nine inches
in length. The bill is nearly two inches long, very ftout,
and horn-coloured : over the eye a naked red Ikin : irides hazel :
noftrils covered with Ihort feathers ; thofe of the chin and throat
are black, and longer than the reft : the head and neck are alh-
colour, delicately marked with tranfverfe narrow blackilh lines :
the upper parts of the body and wings are chefnut-brown, irregularly
marked with lines of a blackilh colour : the feathers at
the fetting-on of the wings are white : the breaft of a very gloffy
blackilh green : the reft of the under parts black ; but the belly,
and feathers over the thighs and vent, are marked with white *
fides marked as the neck : the tail confifts of eighteen feathers,
and rounded in Ihape, marked on each fide with a few fpots of
white: the legs are ftrong, covered with brown feathers: the
edges of the toes peftinated.
Thc female differs exceedingly.; is much fmaller : in lenoth
■ only twenty-fix inches. The bill dulky : throat red : head,
VoL- f ’ S A ,neck'
1. ** WOOD GR.
Description^
r*MALE*