BLACK GROUSE. 



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the marks of botli parents ; but the most prominent cha- 

 racters are those of the Grouse. The space above the eye, 

 however, is not bare, as in the Grouse, but entirely fea- 

 thered, as in the Pheasant ; the whole of the neck is 

 covered with black feathers, somewhat mottled ; the tail is 

 not forked, but fan-shaped, and half as long as that of the 

 Pheasant ; the tarsi are bare, as in the Pheasant ; the 

 colour is generally, except the neck, that of the Pheasant ; 

 but it has the white spot on the shoulders, as in the Grouse. 

 I am indebted to the Rev. W. S. Hore, of Stoke, near 

 Devonport, for the knowledge of two other specimens, 

 killed in Devonshire ; one, a fine male, in his own collec- 

 tion, the other believed to be at this time in the collection 

 of Dr. Kodd, of Trebartha Hall, in Cornwall. 



