of the Genera Tetrao and Ortyz. 137 
the outer webs white, spotted ; under-coverts bluish-white. 
Tarsi one inch long, thinly clothed with feathers of the same 
colour as the belly and vent. Toes scarcely pectinated, 
having instead small close hard scales. Tail consisting 
of 18 feathers, pointed, the four centre ones the longest. 
Length 19 inches. Breadth 12 inches. Weight one and 
a half to two pounds. 
Female smaller, darker on the hind part of the neck ; colour less 
distinctly marked, and the tail scarcely half so long as the 
male bird. 'The trachea and gizzard of the present spe- 
cies, as regards muscular consistence and size, differs but 
little from the preceding. 
Their flight is swift and steady, with little noise. Their habits 
approach so closely to those of the former, that to describe them 
would. be only repeating what has been stated of that species. 
Suffice it to say, they inhabit the same range of country, form 
their nests after the same fashion and in similar places, subsist 
on the same sort of food, having. young at the same season. 
Eggs 11—15, light ash-colour, about the size of a pigeon’s. The 
voice is Chick, chick, chick, the sounds running into each other. 
They are more numerous than the former, with whom they asso- 
ciate, and seem to live in harmony; they are shy, and difficult 
to be approached. The flesh is similar to that of the former. 
3. T. Sabini. Rufus, nigro notatus: dorso maculis cordiformi- | 
bus, nuchá alisque lineis ferrugineo-flavis ; abdomine albo 
. brunneo fasciato ; _rectricibus fasciatis, fascia su 
~ latà nigra. nee dis 
Male. Bill blocking] dua mandible yellow, tipped with 
. black. Head, neck and body, red, elegantly marked bcd E. = : 
black spots; those on the rump Eee saffror 
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