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a dull yellowish tinge. The tail feathers are barred 

 with pale brown on a black ground, and are broadly 

 edged with black. The wings are a mixture of dull 

 yellow and black, and the primaries, on their outer 

 margins, are barred with pale brown, as in the phea- 

 sant ; the white shoulder mark of the male capercailzie 

 is conspicuous.' 



' Scottish Naturalist, third series, 1891, p. 39. 



