THE PINNATED GROUSE. J 05 



Plumage compact, the feathers generally broad and rounded; those of the 

 head and neck narrow, and proportionally shorter, excepting those of ihe 

 crown, which are elongated. Two tufts of lanceolate, elongated feathers on 

 the sides of the neck, under which is an oblong bare space on either side 

 capable of being inflated. Lower tibial and tarsal feathers short, soft and 

 blended. Wings short and curved, the primaries strong and narrow; fourth 

 longest, third and fifth nearly equal, second longer than sixth, first much 

 shorter. Tail very short, much rounded, sloping on both sides, of eighteen 

 broad rounded feathers. 



Bill dusky, paler beneath. Iris brown. Toes dull yellow, claws greyish- 

 brown, the general colour of the upper parts is blackish-brown, transversely 

 marked with broad undulating bands of light yellowish-red; the wing- 

 coverts and secondaries of a lighter brown, tinged with grey, and barred with 

 paler red, the latter only on the outer webs; primary quills greyish-brown, 

 with black shafts, and spots of pale reddish on the outer webs, excepting 

 towards the end. Tail dark greyish-brown, narrowly tipped with dull 

 white, the two middle feathers mottled with brownish-red. Space from the 

 bill to the eye, a band from the lower mandible over the cheek and the 

 throat, pale yellowish-red or cream-colour; a band of blackish-brown under 

 the eye, including the ear-coverts, and another about an inch and a half long 

 on the side of the throat. Supra-ocular membrane scarlet; bare skin of the 

 sounding-bladder dusky orange. The long feathers of the cervical tufts are 

 dark brown on the outer webs, pale yellowish-red and margined with dusky 

 on the inner, excepting the lowest, which are all brownish-black. The 

 lower parts are marked with large transverse curved bands of greyish-brown 

 and pale yellowish-grey, the tints deeper on the anterior parts and under the 

 wings. Under tail-coverts arranged in three sets, the middle feathers con- 

 vex, involute, white, with two concealed brown spots; the lateral larger, of 

 the same form, abrupt, variegated with dusky red and white, the extremity 

 of the latter colour, but with a very narrow terminal margin of black. The 

 tibial and tarsal feathers are grey, obscurely and minutely banded with 

 yellowish-brown. 



Length 18 inches, extent of wings 27^; bill along the back T 7 2, along the 

 edge H; tarsus 1^; weight 1 lb. 13 oz. 



Adult Female. 



The female is considerably smaller, and wants the crest, cervical tufts and 

 air-bags, but in other respects resembles the male. 



