200 BED GROUSE. 



minutely barred with brownish black, m,ost of the feathers 

 having also a patch of black. 



The wings, short, broad, and rounded, have the third and 

 fourth feathers nearly equal and the longest, the fifth longer 

 than the second, which is longer than the sixth, the first about 

 the same length as the seventh, but shorter than the sixth; 

 they expand from two feet one inch and a half, to two feet 

 three. Greater and lesser wing coverts, reddish chesnut brown, 

 barred with black lines; the primaries, ten, dusky brown; the 

 secondaries, fifteen, mostly dusky brown, the outer margins 

 minutely mottled with reddish brown, and the inner five 

 reddish brown minutely barred with brownish black, and with 

 patches of black; tertiaries, also brown, edged on the outside 

 and freckled with lighter brown; greater and lesser under 

 wing coverts, white, but in some individuals spotted and barred 

 with brown. The tail, short, straight, and slightly rounded, 

 of sixteen feathers; under tail coverts, chesnut, with a bar of 

 black, and the end and the tips white. Legs, feathered, light 

 grey, sometimes mottled with brown; toes, feathered also, 

 light grey; the first toe is extremely short, the third the longest, 

 the fourth a little longer than the second; they are roughened 

 underneath, and the front ones webbed at the base, and with 

 three plates at the end. 'The number of scutellse that may 

 be clearly traced is, on the several toes, three, five, nine, and 

 six.' The claws are rather long, arched, flattened, and the 

 tips blunt; they are blackish brown at the base, and greyish 

 yellow at the end. 



The female is a good deal smaller and less bulky, as also 

 paler in colour. "Weight, above sixteen ounces; length, one 

 foot three inches and a quarter; bill, brownish black, the 

 white feathers at the base of the bill are duller; iris, hazel; 

 the membrane over the eye is less, and not so bright, 

 and the white feathers on the eyelids are also duller. Head, 

 crown, neck on the back, and nape, yellowish chesnut brown, 

 tinged with red with a few black spots, all paler in summer; 

 chin, throat, and breast, pale brownish red barred with brownish 

 black, and tipped with yellowish, paler in summer; on the 

 sides barred with black and yellowish; back, yellowish chesnut 

 brown tinged with red, paler in summer, the tips of most of 

 the feathers yellowish. 



The wings expand to the width of two feet one inch and 

 a quarter ; greater and lesser wing coverts, barred with black 

 and tipped with yellowish; primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, 



