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ference of the eye; the tail is moderate and plane, and the tarsi with- 

 out spurs^ the principal character, however, consists in the absence 

 of the thumb nail. 



There is only one species well known, the male of which has 

 a long tuft of slender red feathers, and long upright filaments, 

 without barbs on each eye-brow. It is the Rouloul de Malacca, 

 Sonner. Voy. II, pi. 100; Cript. coronatus, Tem., Col. 350 and 

 351 5 Columha cristata, Gm. and Lath.; Phasianus cristatus, 

 Sparm., Mus. Carls. Ill, 64. Green; somewhat larger than a 

 Quail. The female, which merely has a vestige of a tufi, is the 

 Tetrao viridis, Lath., Syn. II, pi. 67.(1) 



Teteaoj Lin. 



This also is a great genus, characterized by a naked and most gene- 

 rally red band, which occupies the place of the eye-brow. It is di- 

 vided into subgenera as follows. 



Tetrao, Lath. 



The feet of Grous are covered with feathers, and are without spurs. 

 Those to which this name is more particularly applied have a round 

 or forked tail and naked toes. There are two large species of them 

 in France. 



T. urogallus, L.; Grand Coq de Bruy'eres; Enl., 73 and 74. 

 (The Great Heath-Cock.) The largest of all the Gallinaceae, 

 and superior in size to the Turkey. Its plumage is slate- 

 coloured, transversely and finely striped with black; the female 

 is fawn-coloured, the cross lines brown or blackish. Found in 

 the heart of mountain forests, builds among the heath-grass, or 

 in newly cleared grounds, and feeds on berries and buds. Its 

 trachea makes two curves before it dips into the lungs. The 

 flesh is delicious. 



T. tetrix, L.; Coq de Bouleau; Enl. 172 and 173; Frisch, 109; 

 Naum. 1st Ed., 18, f. 37 and 38. (The Black Cock.) The 

 male is more or less black, with some white on the coverts of 

 the wings and under the tail, the two forks of which diverge 

 laterally. The female is fawn-coloured, transversely striped 

 with blackish and whitish. Their size is that of the Cock, and 

 they are found in mountain forests. 



(1) The Columba cristata, B., Gm., Lath., Syn. II, pi. Iviii, appears closely 

 allied to it; but the figure represents it as having a large nail to the thumb. This 

 is perhaps an error, as in the Galer. Vieill, torn. II, pi. ccx. 

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