50 BIRDS. GALLIN/E. 29-30. 



139. C. Turtur. Back brownish-ash ; breast reddish- 

 white : sides of the neck with a black patch spotted 

 with white : tail tipt with white. 



Turtle Dove. Br. ZcoL t. 45. Lewin t. 131. Walcot. t. 188. 



Length 12 inches : extent 21 inches : weight 6 ounces. 

 Bill dusky : ms yellow : beneath and behind the eyes purplish-red j 

 head and neck blue-grey : bach and wings reddish-brown, the fea- 

 thers with paler edges; the fore-part of the latter bluish-grey: 

 chin and belly whitish : quills dusky, with paler margins : tail black, 

 the 2 middle-feathers not tipt with white, the outmost white on 

 the outer edge ; legs purplish-red, 



ORDER V. GALLING. 



29. PHASIANUS. Pheasant. 



140. P. colchicus. Reddish chesnut spotted with black: 

 head and part of the neck, of the male, blue, with a 

 violet and green-gold gloss : tail wedge-form : cheeks 

 warty. 



Pheafant. Lewin t. 132, Albin t. 25. 26. Walcot t. 178. 

 Length 3 feet : breadth 2 feet 8 : weight near 3 pounds. 

 Bill pale horny: iris yellow : cheeks crimfon fpeckled with black, 

 granular: plumage a rich assemblage of red and black, with a fine 

 glofs of green gold blue and violet changeable in the various shades 

 of light : feathers of the tail very unequal, the 2 middle-ones 18 or 

 20 inches long : legs dusky ; toes connected at the bafe ; fpur 3 

 quarters of an inch long. Female brown, with a mixture of grey, 

 reddish and black : sides of the head covered with feathers, 



30. TETRAO. Grow*. 



141. T. UrogaHus. Rufous-brown: head and neck cine- 

 reous : chin and belly blackish ; axils of the wings 

 white. 



Cock of the Woods. Lewin t. 133. Br. Zool. t. 40. 41, Donov. t. 89. 



Length 2 feet 8 : extent 3 feet 10 : weight 12 or 13 pounds. 

 Bill horn-colour : iris hazel : cheeks red : body marked with miunte 

 tranfverfe black lines : breast glossy black-green ; belly and vent 

 tnarked with white : tail black, with a few white fpots : legs co- 

 vered with brown feathers : edges of the toes pectinate. 



Female lefs : throat red : head, neck and back, with tawny and 

 rd bars : belly with pale orange and black, bars : tail dark ferru. 

 ginous, with black bars, tipt with white. 



142. T. Tetrix. Glossy blue-black : spot near the shoul- 

 ders, 2 bars on the wings, and under tail-coverts 

 white: tail forked. Fein, larger, with reddish spots 

 on the neck, breast, wings and thighs. 



Black Grous. Brit. Zool. 1.42, Lewin t. 134. Donov. t. 97, 



Length i foot 10 : extent 2 feet 9 : weight near 4 pounds. 

 Bill dusky: ms hazel: coverts dusky-brown: 4 first quill-feathers 

 black, the next white at the bottom ; lower half of the fecondaries 

 and under-covcrts white : thighs and Jegs clothed with dusky fea- 

 thers, with a few white fpots on the former : tail much forked, the 

 outer feathers bending outwards ; the under-coverts pure white. 



Female much less, tranfverfely variegated with ferruginous black 

 and grey : tail-feathers straight and even at the end, 



143. T. Lagopus. Varied with grey and white : legs 

 woolly : wings white, with black shafts : 2 middle 



