208 HAZEL GROUSE. 



inches and a half long; extent of wings twenty inches; 

 tail four inches and six eighths, extending beyond the 

 wings three inches and a half; tarsus one inch and a 

 half." The above is Swedish measure, in which tlie 

 inch is a quarter of an eighth shorter, and, I have 

 no doubt, refers to freshly-killed specimens. The 

 dimensions in my diagnosis arc those of a fine male 

 sent me by Mr. Wheelwright, which is figured. 



"Head above, neck, and part of the back brown or 

 grey brown, with black transverse streaks; shoulders 

 rusty brown, with black spots, and in the outer edge 

 a long white streak. Wing coverts grey brown, with 

 white spots; back and rump ash grey, marked with 

 longitudinal black streaks and small black points; chin 

 and throat pure black, with a white edging. Behind 

 the nostrils a white spot, and a small one behind the 

 eye. Front of neck rusty brown, with a black streak 

 before the white edge of each feather. This black 

 streak and the white edge is broader on the breast 

 and belly, on which account it appears white with 

 black or brown red transverse spots. On the sides the 

 red brown colour is more apparent. Wing primaries 

 dark brown, speckled on the outer web with rusty 

 yellow and brown. Secondaries same, with rusty yellow 

 edges on the tips. Tail feathers black, speckled with 

 ash grey, and a pure black band before the tip, which 

 is pale ash grey, often speckled with black. The 

 two middle feathers speckled with brown and black, 

 and marked with seven or eight confused black and 

 ash grey transverse bands. Iris, in a freshly-killed 

 specimen, brownish." 



"Summer dress. The feathers on the head and neck 

 are much shorter than in winter; chin and throat are 

 rather brown than black." 



