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Tetr. albus, Gm., called of Hudson's Bay; T. saliceti, Tem., 



Edw. 72; Frisch. 110, HI. (The White Ptarmigan). From the 



whole north; is larger, and its summer plumage more red; its belly 



remains white*. 



There is a Ptarmigan in Scotland, however, which does not change its 



plumage in winter; it is, 



Tetr. scoticus, Lath.; Poule de marais ; Grous, Sec; Albin. 1, 

 23, 24; Brit. Zool. pi. M. 3; Vieill. Galer. 221. (The Red Ptar- 

 migan, or Water Fowl). Above, variegated with fawn colour, brown 

 and black; a deep red, striped with blackish beneath; legs cine- 

 reous, and but few feathers on the toes. 

 We may separate by the name of 



Ganga or AxTAGENf . — Pterocles, Tem. 

 Those species which have a pointed tail and naked toes. The circum- 

 ference of their eyes only is naked, but it is not of a red colour ; their 

 thumb is very small. 



Tetr. alchata, L. ; Gancja, Enl. 105 and IOC; Edw. 249+. 

 The size of a Partridge; the plumage scalloped with fawn colour 

 and brown; the two middle quills of the tail much elongated and 

 terminating in a point; throat of the male, black. Found in the 

 south of France, and all round the Mediterranean §. 



Perdix, Briss. 



The Partridges have the tarsi naked like the toes. Among them the 

 Francolinus, Te7n. 

 Is distinguished by a longer and stronger bill; a larger tail, and, gene- 

 rally speaking, by stout spurs. The south of Europe produces one, 



Tetrao francolinus, L.\\; Enl. 147, 148; Edw. 246. With red 

 feet; neck and belly of the male, black, with round white spots; a 

 bright red collar**'. 



* The summer plumage forms the Tetr. lapponicus, Lath. 



t Altayen, the Greek name of a heavy bird, somewhat larger than the Fartndge, 

 fith the plumage of a Woodcock, probably designated the Ganga. 

 t Gaii'^a is its Catalonian name; Alchala, or rather Chala, its name among the 



Arabs, 



Add of those species which have filaments to the tail, Tetr. senegalus, or Plerodes 

 <^uliutus,T:em, Enl. 130, and the female 3i5;— Pterocles esiisliis, Tem Coll. 3o4 

 and 360:— Of those whose tail is simply pointed, Tetr. arenanus, Pall., ^ov. Com. 

 P.trop XIX, pi. viii, or Pterocles arenanus, Col. 52 and 53, the same as the Prrdix 

 arraSmca, hAh.;— Pterocles LiclUeusleinii, T. Col. 355 and 3U1. The male 355 is 

 at all events closely allied to the Tetr. iudkus, Lath.; Sonner. II, Q6;-Pterocles co- 

 rvHutus, Tem. Col. 339 and ZW;— Pterocles quadricinclus, Tem. or Oenas buimtus, 

 Vieill. Galer. 220;— finally, the largest species, the Tetr. fasianellus, Gm., or Long- 

 tailed Gelinotte of Hudson's Bay, Edw. 117. , u- j i. 



i| Fruncollno, the name of the Wind made for the purpose of kilhng the bird whose 

 appellation it bears, is applied in Italy to several specie-s, such as the Gelinotte and 



"'**"Tdd the Tetrao poniicerianus, Sonner. Voy. II, 11, 165; Tem. Col. 213 ;-/)«- 

 lalus, Briss., pi. xxviii, A, fig. 1 ; Vieill. Galer. 213; the same as the niadagaicanensis, 

 Sonn, II, 1G6, pi. xcvii. 



