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says the fifth; greater and lesser wing coverts, dark reddish 

 brown, freckled with light brown, darker or not with, the 

 age of the bird; primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, dark 

 greyish brown, half of the outer webs of the second, third, 

 fourth, and fifth quills are white, the outer webs of the 

 secondaries are waved with reddish brown, and slightly tipped 

 with white; greater and lesser under wing coverts, white, 

 excepting some of the outer ones. 



The tail, rather long, and much rounded, consists of eighteen 

 feathers, black, with some irregular white marks, and one 

 interrupted white bar near the end; upper tail coverts, 

 partially tipped with white; the outer feathers longer than 

 the middle; under tail coverts, greyish black spotted with 

 white on the tips. Legs, grey, covered with downy feathers, 

 above the l^nee greyish brown tipped with white, below 

 greyish brown minutely waved with reddish brown; toes, 

 bare of feathers and dark greyish brown, and strongly 

 pectinated; claws, blunt and blackish brown. 



Female; weight, from five to six pounds; length, two feet 

 two inches; bill, dusky brown; iris, hazel; head, crown, neck 

 on the back, and nape, dark brown, barred and freckled with 

 yellow brown and black. Throat and breast, yellowish 

 chesnut, the feathers of the latter margined with black, and 

 with an edging of greyish white. Primaries, secondaries, and 

 tertiaries, dusky, mottled on the outer webs with light 

 brown. Tail, dark rust-colour, barred with black and tipped 

 with white; under tail coverts, with broader edges of white. 

 Legs, greyish brown; toes and claws, pale brown. 



The young at first resemble the female, the males slowly 

 gaining their proper plumage. 



The hybrid between this species and and the Black Grouse 

 has the bill black, the shining feathers on the neck of a 

 rich plum-colour, and the outer feathers of the tail the longest. 



