CArERCAILLIE. 



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white spots ; flanks and under tail-coverts greyish black, 

 spotted with white ; under wing-coverts white, a small 

 patch appearing on the outside near the shoulder ; thighs 

 grey ; legs feathered with darker grey ; toes and claws 

 black. 



The whole length of the male described, three feet four 

 inches. From the carpal joint to the end of the wing 

 sixteen inches : the first feather two inches shorter than 

 the second, and the second one inch shorter than the 

 third ; the third, fourth, and fifth feathers nearly equal 

 in length, but the third the longest feather in the wing. 



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