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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. 

 Eyes 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- 

 caillie. 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. Eyes 

 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. 



