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TETRAONID.F,. 



upper part of the back and the wing-coverts reddish Ijrown ; 

 lower part of the bach, rump, and upper tail-coverts, a mot- 

 tled greyish brown, with a few spots of dark brown ; wing- 

 primaries greyish broAvn ; the scapulars and tertials .very dark 

 brown, with bufF-coloured margins ; tail-feathers bluish grey ; 

 chin and throat white, with a gorget of black below ; breast 

 and belly bufFy white, with transverse bars of black ; sides, 

 flanks, and under tail-coverts, varied with reddish brown and 

 bufFy white ; legs and claws reddish brown. 



Whole length rather more than nine inches. From the 

 carpal joint to the end of the wing, four inches and a half : 

 the wing in form rounded ; the first and the eighth feathers 

 of the same length ; the second equal to the sixth ; but not 

 so long as the third, fourth, or fifth, which are nearly equal 

 in length to each other, but the fourth rather the longest in 

 the wing. 



The female is rather smaller than the male ; the band 

 before and behind the eye is less conspicuous, the light- 

 coloured edges of the scapulars and tertials are more white 

 than bufF-coloured ; the chin and throat are pale bufF colour ; 

 the breast is nearly white, with much less of the reddish 

 brown colour on the upper part, the sides, or the flanks. 



Very young birds, Mr. Audubon says, have the beak 

 brownish yellow ; irides light hazel ; the general colour of the 

 upper parts light yellowish brown, patched 

 with grey ; sides of the head dusky. 



