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few pale feathers. Lower tail-coverts velvet-black, slightly 
tipped with white. A white speculum on the wings. Tail 
spotted with white. Upper tail-coverts long and marbled 
with white. Tail like that of the cock Capercaillie, the outer 
feathers not curved. Back brown, resembling the Capercaillie. 
Byes brown ; eyelids red, but not very strongly marked. 
Specimen B. 
Beak yellow, and neck grey like the Capercaillie cock. 
Breast green. Underparts paler, greyish with many light 
feathers. Lower tail-coverts shorter, grey like the Caper- 
eaillie. No white speculum on the wing. Tail quite black; 
upper tail-coverts short and shaded with grey. Tail stri- 
kingly short, resembling that of the hen, the outer feathers 
not curved. Back brown, like that of the Capercaillie. Hyes 
brown ; eyelids red, not very strongly marked. 
Chief characteristic: A somewhat and B very different 
from the Hybrid Cocks that I have hitherto seen. 
Measurements. 
Length. | Breadth. Wing. | Beak. | Tail. | Tarsus. |Middle toe. 
| | 
cm. em. cm. | cm. cm. cm. cm. 
Killed in 1883. 
se | 79 115 36:5 (| 4 O75 1) 80 61 
Bel 8a 123 37-2 | 55 | 240 | 80 64 
| 
Killed in former years. 
A. | 752 | 117-1 | 35 43 | 290 | 46 60 
705 | 1092 | 333 | 41 | 215 | 62 60 
