134 Mr. DouGLas on some Species 
dible very strong; nostrils cushioned with fine short silky 
feathers. Head, neck, back and wings, of a uniform light 
brownish-gray, waved with black and reddish bars trans- 
versely. Plumage of the head and neck short and fine, | 
with a series on the sides of the neck of long white hair- A 
like feathers, terminating on the hind part of the neck with : 
decomposed white feathers, which have linear black points, 
exceeding the length of the plumage by two inches. Throat 
marked with minute white spots, having a faint irregular 
white bar running from each eye. Upper part of the 
breast, immediately below the cesophagus, white, rigid, 
angular at the points, as if cut with an instrument. C&so- 
phagus orbicular, naked, yellow. Lower part of the breast 
bluish-gray, the points of the feathers black i in the middle, 
linear, more slender than those.on-the neck. Belly black, 
- with a few scattered white feathers... Vent and legs light 
ash-gray. Tarsi one inch and three-fourths long. Toes 
strongly pectinated, the middle one feathered to the first 
joint. Quills 16, with dusky webs and white shafts. Sca- 
-pulars and outer coverts same colour as the back; under 
coverts white. Tail 20 feathers, wedge-shaped, 10 inches 
longs somewhat rigid, of the same colour as the back: . | 
ie r coverts black tipped with white. - epus 32 inches. E 
Girth 92. Weight 6 to 8 pounds. ` endressa : 
Female smaller, of the same colour as the mide "i Wee 
white small feathers. Destitute of the series of long hair- 
like feathers on the neck, and white rigid scale-like ones x 
which are found on the breast of the male bird. Tail partly _ E- 
wedge-shaped, somewhat acute. Flesh dark-coloured, and . E 
but tolerable in point of flavour. Food, buds, leaves and 
fruit of Purshia tridentata, caret; seeds of Cactus, brown 
and 1 black ants, and. sand bugs. - 
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