ORDER GALLING. 4>1 



The Red Grous, Lath. Tetrao Scoticus. Lath. 

 Albin. I. 23, 4. British Zoology, pi. M. 3 Vieill. 

 Gal. 221. 



Varied with yellow, brown, and black; above, 

 deep red, striped with blackish underneath ; the legs, 

 ashy, with the toes but little feathered. 



The tail of only sixteen feathers ; the side ones, black- 

 ish-brown, tipt. See head natural size, Temm. Gal. 

 t. 9. f. 5. 



We may separate under the name of 



Ganga, or Attagen,* Pterocles. Tem. 



Species with a pointed tail and naked toes. They 

 liave only round the eyes naked ; but the skin is not 

 red ; their thumb is very little. 



The Pin-tailed Grous. Lath. Tetrao AlcJiata. L. 

 Enl. 105, 6. Edw. 249. 



Ganga is its Catalonian name. Alchata, or rather 

 Chata, its Arabian name. 



Of the size of a partridge, with the plumage like 

 scales, yellow and brown ; the two middle quills of 

 the tail are much elongated into a point ; the throat ^ 



* The Greek name of a heavy bird, rather larger than a partridge, with 

 the plumage of the woodcock. It probably refers to the T. Alchata. L. 



