which the lateral are plain blackish, with thé exception of a few
whitish dots at the base of their outer webs, and the middle ones
being varied with rufous^dóts disposed like the bands acroSs their
whole width; all are thickly dotted with gray don half anInch at
tip, which in the specimen figured, bpt by no. means so much so
in others, gives the tail an appearance of having a broad terminal
band of cinereous sprinkled with blackish. This circumstance
evinces the inutility of describing with the extreme minuteness to
which we have^desGen.ded an this instantpf as after all the pains
bestowed, the description is only that of an individual. The tail
is pure black beneath, considerably paler a t. tip and on the
undulations of the middle feathers. The tarsus is .three' quartens
of an inch long; the feathers with which it ia.tóvjëredj together
with the femorals, are! pale grayish ^ochreous; undtflatedrjyith
dusky; the toes are duslty, and7'the nails,blackisbu ,
The male is but Jit$e la rg e r, and entirely, hut imt. intensely
black. We. can however say very fittlei^.bouf lt> . havingl taken
but a hasty .and imperfect tow, of a specimen belonging ïlo.Mr:;
Sabine óf Londody«ndfewiifitFg merely'Yrnrosv^tóollection. * Thé
tail-feathers are wholly black,, perfectly plain and unspotted, and
in "the female and young they are but slightly mottled, as is seen
in almost all Grouse. Mr. Sabine Kas. long had this bird in his
possession, and.-intended dedicating it as a'new species to that
distinguished1 traveller Dr. Richardson.