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PINNATED HEATHCOCK. 
(Bonasa Cupido.) 
Bo. suhcristate, corpore Jhsco-rufescente nigro et albicante trans- 
versim striato, cauda fascia terminali nigra. 
Slightly crested Heathcock, with the body transversely striated 
with fuscous-red, black and white j the tail with a terminal 
black fascia. 
Attagen Americana. Briss. Orn. 1. 212. 10. 
Tetrao Cupido. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 274. 5. — Gmel. Syst, Nat. 
1. 751. — Lath. Ind.Orn. 2. 648. 8. — Temm. Gall, Ind, ^Q4 . — 
fVils. Amer. Orn. Ill, p. \04.pl. XXVII. f. l. 
Urogallus minor fuscus. Catesb. Carol. App. pi. 1. 
Tetras huppecol. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3. l6l. 
Pinnated Grous. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 180. — Bath. Gen. Syn.A. 
740. 9. 
This curious bird is about one-third larger than 
the common Partridge : the top of the head, and a 
space beneath the eyes, are of a red-brown ; finely 
striated with deeper : the space round the eyes, the 
throat, and the top of the neck, are reddish-white : 
the feathers of the hind head form a crest ; and 
two tufts of long feathers spring from each side of 
the hinder-part of the neck ; these, which resemble 
little wings, are composed of five wedged feathers, 
about three inches in length, the lower ones being 
the shortest, and black, the rest spotted with red 
and white: these appendages are capable of motion 
at the Mull of the bird : the rest of the plumage is 
of a dirty red, striped transversely with red, black, 
