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outer vanes; the outer vanes of the secondaries edged with 

 brown sprinkled with black ; on the few last secondaries the tips 

 of the inner vanes are similar to the outer vanes, and on the outer 

 vanes a large spot of black. 



Ventral aspect. A streak from the nostrils to the eye, and 

 from the eye above the auriculars cream white ; cheeks and au- 

 riculars black mixed with brown ; chin, upper part of throat, and 

 sides of throat rufous ; on each side of the lower part of the neck 

 a ruff of black feathers with purple reflections ; lower part of 

 throat anteriorly, rufous edged with black ; breast brownish white 

 barred near the end with rufous, and lastly tipped with pure 

 white ; sides of the breast under the wings, rufous with a streak 

 of white along the shafts, and minutely sprinkled with black at 

 the tips and along the edges ; belly and flanks white with a 

 brownish band of rufous and tipped with white ; vent rufous white ; 

 tail coverts rufous tipped with white, the white runniug up the 

 shafts for some distance. 



3rd and 4th primaries subequal and longest ; 2nd and 6th 

 equal ; 1st and 7th equal ; the shafts of the wing feathers in- 

 curved; wing itself much rounded. Length iTf inches; alar 

 expanse 23 inches. The female bears a great resemblance to the 

 male. The ruff, however, is smaller and browner. The general 

 hue of the bird varies considerably. In the specimen before me 

 a rufous tint prevails. The most usual predominant tint is a 

 chesnut brown. In those specimens where the plumag-e is tinged 

 with chesnut, the tail partakes of a light brown hue. In this 

 species the eyelids are not naked. 



T. Canadensis. Spruce Partridge. — Spotted Grouse. 

 T. Canadensis. Baird 1 



v.s.p. Bill horn colour, dark ; feet and legs livid brown ; irides 

 hazel ; eggs 5, varied with white, yellow and black. 



Dorsal aspect. Crown of head, nape of neck, interscapulary 

 region and rump, black waved with grey, darkest on the head 

 and back, and lightest on the neck and rump ; the feathers of the 

 rump are black barred semicircularly, and tipped with grey ; 

 scapulars, and greater and smaller wing coverts black waved with 

 chesnut ; tail coverts black, barred with grey ; tail round, black, 

 with a broad terminal tip of bright chesnut ; a spot above each 

 nostril, a streak below the eye, and another above the auriculars, 

 white ; a naked spot above the eye bright vermilHon ; cheeks 

 and chin black. 



