SAJCD GROUSE. 
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Without of course falling in Avitli the native statement 
above made, it is quite clear from Mr. Taylor’s note, 
as quoted in the last notice, that difference of food has 
much to do (as well as the skilful Dragoman) in 
makiu!? the flesh of these birds eatable. 
The adult male has the top and sides of the head 
and nape russet grey. The back and upper tail coverts 
have a mottled appearance, representing a series of 
spots of a sandy ochreous colour surrounded by a ring 
of black. If a separate feather is examined, it will be 
found that the extremity is ochreous, and the base paler, 
the two colours being separated by a dusky band. 
The wing coverts are the same, but are terminated 
with rich ochreous, which gives a broad band of that 
colour across the wing. The long strong pointed wing, 
which when closed, extends beyond the tail, has the 
primaries dark grey with glossy black shafts, the third, 
fourth, fifth, and sixth slightly bordered at their distal 
ends with light russet. Secondaries unicolorous smoky 
grey, lightly bordered with Avhite. 
The throat and sides of the neck are occupied by 
a broad dark ochreous-coloured collar, faintly shewn 
at the nape, and bordered in front beloAV with a 
broad black band; the neck and crop have a slight 
lavender tint, gradually going off into the mottled russet 
of the back; this is separated from the pink coloured 
feathers of the upper part of the abdomen by a narrow 
well-defined black band, edged with white, which goes 
right across the thorax; the middle and lower part of 
the abdomen and flanks are brown black with a tinge 
of sepia. Under tail coverts white; tail feathers, below 
and above, russet, bordered with black and tipped 
with white, except the two middle ones. Tarsi covered 
with smaller pink feathers in front, and with a kind 
