Class II. WOOD GROUS. S5i 



feathers black mixed with white. The legs 

 very strong, covered with brown feathers : the 

 edges of the toes pectinated. 



The female differs greatly from the. male. Female. 

 The bill is dusky ; the throat red ; the head, 

 neck and back, are marked with transverse 

 bars of red and black ; the breast has some 

 white spots on it, and the lower part is of a 

 plain orange color ; the belly barred with pale 

 orange and black; the tips of the feathers 

 white. The feathers of the back and scapulars 

 black, the edges mottled with black and pale 

 reddish brown ; the scapulars tipt with white ; 

 the inner webs of the quil feathers dusky ; the 

 exterior mottled with dusky and pale brown. 

 The tail is of a deep rust color barred with 

 black, tipt with white, and consists of sixteen 

 feathers. 



Gesner, as Mr. fVillughbi/^ has long since ob- 

 served, deceived by the very different plumage 

 of the male and female of this kind, has formed 

 of them two species. 



* TVil. orn. 173. Gesner av. 49O. 495. ' '^ 



