354 AVES. 



An intermediate species appears'jto exist in the north of 

 Europe, T. infermedius, Langsdorf, Mem. de Petersb., torn. 

 Ill, pi. xiv; Sparm. M. Carls., pi. xv, Avhich is larger than the 

 preceding, with the tail less forked, and the breast spotted 

 with white. Found in the marshy districts of Courland, Ingria, 

 &:c.(l) 

 In the woods of temperate Europe we find, 



T. bonasia, L.; La Gelinotte; Poiile des Cotidriers;{2) Enl. 

 474 and 475; Frisch. 112; Naum. 20, f. 39. (The Hazel 

 Grous.) Which is but a little larger than the Partridge, and is 

 prettily variegated with brown and white, grey and red; a large 

 black band near the tip of the tailj throat of the male black, 

 and his head slightly tufted. (3) 

 America produces some neighbouring species, such as 



Tet. canadensis and canace, L.; Gelinotte noire d'Amer.^ Enl. 

 131 and 132; Edw. 118 and 71. Brown, verging more or less 

 on a black; tip of the tail red. 



In some,"the feathers on each side of the neck of the males 

 are turned up like a mantlet, or two scrolls: their habits have an 

 affinity with those of the Turkey. Such are, 



Tetr. umbellus and togatiis, Gm.; Coq. de Bruy. a fraise, Enl. 

 104; Edw. 248; Wils. pi. xlix; called Partridge in New England, 

 and Pheasant in Pennsylvania. Variegated with red, grey, and 

 black; a large black spot at the bottom of the neck, on each 

 side; a black band edged with white on the tip of the tail; lower 

 part of the tarsi naked. Found in the mountain forests; the 

 voice of the male in the nuptial season resembles the roll of a 

 drum. 



Tetr. cvpido, Gm., Catesb. Suppl. 1; Wils, pi. xxvii; Vieill. 

 Galer. 219. (The Pinnated Grous.) Variegated with brown and 

 fawn colour; tail brown; tarsi feathered down to the toes; the 

 feathers on the bottom of the male's neck turn up into two 

 pointed scrolls, beneath which is a naked skin, which, in the 



(1) It appears to be at once the Tetras a plumage variable, and the Titras a 

 queue pleine, of Biiffon. 



(2) BoxAsiA, or HoNASA, name of the Gelinotte in Albertus Magnus and other 

 authors of the middle ages. 



(3) The Mtagas of Buff., Mtagen of Aldrov. , Ornith., II, p. TSx, Gelinotte huppde, 

 Briss., appears to me after much research, even in Italy, to be nothing more than a 

 young or female Gelinotte. It is the same individual painted by Frisch, pi. 

 cxli. The Tetrao canus, Gm. (Sparm. Mas. Carls., p. 16) is only an albino variety 

 of the Gehnotte. Neither have I any confidence in the authenticity of the Tetr. 

 ncmessianns, nor in that of the Tetr. betulinus of Scopoli. They are females, or 

 the young of the Tetr. tetrix, or disfigured Gelinottes. 



