ORDER GALLINiE. 39 



gineous ; nape and wings, white spotted ; belly, 

 white ; sides, brown banded; four middle tail-feathers, 

 long. Female, smaller, rather paler ; nape, black 

 banded. 



Sabine's Grous. Tetrao Sahini. Douglas. Lin. 

 Trans. XVI. 



Rufous, black marked ; back, with cordate spots ; 

 nape and wings, with ferrugineous and yellow lines ; 

 belly, white, brown banded ; tail, banded with a broad 

 subapical black band. North America. 



Franklin^s Grous. Tetrao Franklinii. Douglas. 

 L. T. 



Deep grey lead-colour, black banded ; throat, chest, 

 and nape, black ; upper and lower coverts, black, 

 white tipped. Female, paler ; chest and nape, lead- 

 grey. North America. 



Richardson's Grous. Tetrao Richardsonii. Sabine. 

 Douglas. Lin. Trans, xvi. 141. 



Pale lead-grey, brown waved ; throat-feathers, white in 

 the middle ; belly, darker, white spotted ; side spot 

 under the nape, white ; tail-feathers, black, whitish 

 tipped. Female, small ; brownish-grey ; back, brown 

 banded ; beneath, more spotted ; two middle tail- 

 feathers, brown banded. 



The name Ptarmigans, Lagopedes, or Snow Par- 

 tridges, is more particularly applied to the species with 

 a round or square tail, whose toes are furnished with 

 feathers the same as the legs. Those that are most 

 spread, become white in winter. 



* Lagopus, bare or hairy-footed, is the ancient name of this bird. 



