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and brushwood they inhabit. The call of this bird is 

 similar to that of the black cock ; and its habits, in 

 almost every respect, strictly analagous. Jardine 



says, it attracts the female by its call from some 



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eminence or open spot; and, after the season of pair- 

 ing is past, it retires to undergo the process of 

 moulting, leaving the hen to perform the duties of 

 incubation, and to watch over her brood till the males 

 begin to change their plumage. Generic characters : 

 bill short, very strong, and hooked at base ; nostrils 

 vasal, lateral, and hidden by closely-set feathers; 

 naked skin above the eyes, enlarging in spring, and 

 brightening in hue ; wings short, concave, quills 

 elongated; tail ample and expanding, rounded at 

 base ; naked feet, edges of toes fringed ; tarsi, long 

 feathered. Types : Tetrao Urogallus obscurus. Eu- 

 rope, Northern Asia, North America. 



