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of the body and wings is a ferruginous-brown or cheftnut, marked with irre- 

 gular tranfverfe lines and fpots of blackifh. The head and neck are of a 

 dark colour, owing to innumerable tranfverfe lines of black difpofed on an 

 alh-coloured ground. The breaft is black with a rich glofs of green ; the re- 

 mainder of the under parts black ; but varied on the thighs and belly with 

 patches of white. The tail is broad, of a rounded fhape and of a dark colour, 

 and is marked on the exterior fides with white. The bill is fhort and ftrong. 

 Over each eye is a very confpicuous upright creft or production of bare, red, 

 granulated fkin. The legs are ftrong, and coated with dulky feathers, 



Tb^ female is one of the moft remarkable inftances of that ftrange differ- 

 ence which takes place in the oppofite fexes of many of the feathered tribe. 

 It is much fmaller than the male, and its predominant colour is a bright 

 ferruginous, barred and fpotted with black. The back and part of the 

 wings are black; the remainder of a browner caft, variegated with pale 

 fpots. 



Thefe birds were once not uncommon in our own ifland; but were chief- 

 ly confined to the northern parts of the country : in Scotand they are ftill 

 faid to exift, tho' very rare. In Ireland they were alio faid to be found, 

 but feem at prefent unknown. In the more northern climates of Norway 

 and Sweden they are frequent ; as well as in many of the northern regi- 

 ons of Afia, and in the Alpine tracfls of Italy. They live chiefly in woods, 

 and feed principally on various kinds of berries, as well as on the buds and 

 feeds of pine-trees, of which they are faid to be particularly fond. 



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