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244. EASTERN TURTLE-DOVE. Turtur orientalis, Gray. Young bird 

 reported once from Yorkshire (P. Z. S. 1890, p. 361). 



Eastern representative of last and rather larger, darker ; collar-patch 

 and tail ashy, where white in Common Turtle-Dove. Length 13 inches. 



Order PTEROCLETES. Family PTEEOCLIDJE. 



245. THREE-TOED SAND-GROUSE. Syrrhaptes paradoxus (Pallas). Steppes of 

 Not recorded till 1859. Yast flights in 1863, and again in 1888, J^jjjJ^ 

 when, and in 1889, a few pair bred. 



Legs and toes feathered to the claws ; no hind toe. Length 16J-20 T 



inches. 



Male. On breast whitish band margined with black ; two centre tail- 

 feathers 3| inches longer than the others. 



Female. Blackish band on throat ; tail-feathers shorter ; above more 

 marked with black than male. 



Order GAL LIN 2E. Family TETRAONIDJE. 



246. CAPEECAILLIE. Tetrao urogallus, Linnaeus. Exterminated in 

 eighteenth century ; re-introduced in 1837, to Scotland, and now common 



Ltin fir-woods, especially in Perthshire. 



Male. General colour dark slaty grey ; breast glossed with green. 

 Length 36 inches. 



Female. Much like Grey-hen, but larger. Length 26 inches. 



247. BLACK GROUSE. Tetrao tetrix, Linnaeus. Resident in Great 

 ^Britain ; not indigenous in Ireland. 



Black-cock, male. Axillaries, under wing- and tail-coverts, and bar 

 across wing white ; rest of plumage glossy black ; outer tail-feathers 

 curving outwards. Length 22 inches. 



Grey-hen, female. General colour chestnut and buff, barred and 

 marked with black. Length 15 inches. 



f 248. RED GROUSE. Lac/opus scoticus (Latham). Resident : peculiar 

 to the British Islands. 



Primaries dark brown ; tail of sixteen feathers, as in next. 

 Male. Dark brown, with large scarlet wattle above eyes. 

 Female. Lighter and smaller, with very small wattles. Length 

 14-15 inches. 



249. PTARMIGAN. Lagopus mutus (Montin). Resident on high 

 mountains in Scotland. 



Primaries white, with black shafts. 



Male in summer. Black above, finely marked with brown and white 

 on lower back and rump ; wings and underparts white ; scarlet wattle 

 above eyes. 



