280 
black grous. 
Urogallus minor, llaii. S^/n. p. 53. a. 2. — Will. Orn.p, VlA.pl. 
31. — Briss. Orn. 1. p. 186. 2. 
Le Coq de Bruyeres a queue fourchue. Buff. Ois. 2. 210. pi. 6. 
— Buff. PL Enl. 172 , 173 . 
Tetras Birckhan. Tcinm. Pig. et Gall. 3. p. 140. pi. 9 . 4. 
(beak.) — Temm. Man. d'Orni. p. 289. 
Black Grous, Black Cock, or Black Game. Penn. Brit. Zool. 1. 
Q3.pl. 42. — Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 314. c. — All). Birds. \ .pl.22. 
— Lath. Gen. Syyi. 4. 73'6. — Lath. Syn. Sup. p. 213. — Lewin. 
Brit. Birds. 4 . pi. 133. — Pult. Cat. Dors, p.y . — Wale. Syn. 2. 
pi. 181. — Don. Brit. Birds. 4. pi. Ql. — Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. — 
Mont. Orn. Diet. Sup. — Bew. Brit. Birds. 1. 298 . — Bing, 
Anim. Biog. 2, 253. — Lovd’s Faun. Oread, p. 51. 
Var. jS. Corpore nigro alboquc variegato, maeida pectorali maxima 
atro nitente. 
With the body variegated with black and white ; a dark shining 
spot on the breast. 
Tetrao Tetrix. Mas. var. Sparr. Mus. Carls, fasc. 3. pi. 65. — 
Lath, Ind. Orn. 2. 6s6. 3. B - — Temm. Gall. Ind. 701. (a.) 
Var. y. sordide alho ae obsolete forrugineo undulatd, rostra nigro, 
pedibus Jerrugineis. 
Dull white, obsoletely undulated with ferruginous; the beak 
black, and feet ferruginous. 
Tetrao Tetrix. femina. var. Sparr. Mus. Carls, ff. 3 . pi. 66 .' — 
Lath. hid. Orn. 2 . 636. 3. (y.) — Temm. Gall. Ind. 701 . (b.) 
The male of this species is two feet in length ; 
the prevailing colour of his plumage is black : the 
head, the neck, the back, and the rnmp, having 
rich reflections of blue : the rest of the body and 
the tail being dull black : tlie wing-coverts are 
dusky brown ; the first four quills black, the rest 
white at the bottom ; the lower half and tips of 
the secondaries white : under wing-coverts white : 
liend of the wing the same : the feathers of the 
lower part of the belly and the vent are dusky, 
