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reddish-orange, glossed with purple; within which is a 
yellowish-white band; and the centre of each feather 
black, or spotted with brownish-black. Lower, back, 
and tail coverts green of different shades, intermixed with 
brownish-orange, tinged with purplish-red ; the feathers 
long, pendent, and of open texture. Tail very long ; 
the feathers rapidly decreasing from the centre to the 
exterior; their middle part of a wood-brown, with trans- 
verse black bands, fringed with reddish-brown, and 
tinged with purple. Legs and toes greyish-black. Spur 
upwards of half an inch in length, pointed, and very 
sharp in adult birds. 
General colour of the plumage yellowish-brown, mixed with Female. 
different shades of grey, and brown and black. Cheeks 
covered with small closely-set feathers. Upper part of 
the neck shewing, in some lights, irridescent reflections. 
Pied and white varieties of the Pheasant are very common _ Varieties. 
Genus XLI. GROUS. TETRAO, Linn. 
GENERIC CHARACTERS. 
Bill short, strong ; the upper mandible convex, and arched 
from the base to the tip. Nostrils basal, and lateral ; partly 
closed by an arched scale, and hidden from view by small 
closely-set feathers. Eye-brows naked, and adorned with a 
red papillose and fringed skin. Wings short ; the first quill 
much inferior in length to the second, which is shorter than 
the third and fourth. Tail of sixteen or eighteen feathers. 
Feet with three toes before, united as far as the first joint ; 
and one toe behind short; the edges of all of them fringed, 
or furnished with rough prominences. ‘Tarsus feathered to 
the toes; and, in one section, the feet feathered to the claws. 
This genus may be divided into two sections; the first con- 
taining such species as have the tarsi only feathered; and 
the second those with the tarsi and toes feathered to the 
claws, and having the tail square at the end. 
