Class II. WOOD GROUS. * 351 



feathers black mixed with white. The legs 

 very strong, covered with brown feathers : the 

 edges of the toes pectinated. 



The female differs greatly from the male. Female. 



The bill is dusky; the throat red; the head, 



neck and back, are marked with transverse 



bars of red and black; the breast has some 



white spots on it, and the lower part is of a 



plain orange color ; the belly barred with pale 



orange and black; the tips of the feathers 



white. The feathers of the back and scapulars 



black, the edges mottled with black and pale 



reddish brown ; the scapulars tipt with white ; 



the inner webs of the quil feathers dusky ; the 



exterior mottled with dusky and pale brown. 



The tail is of a deep rust color barred with 



black, tipt with white, and consists of sixteen 



feathers. 



Gesner, as Mr. JVillughby* has long since ob- 

 served, deceived by the very different plumage 

 of the male and female of this kind, has formed 

 of them two species. 



* W%1. orn. 173. Gesner av. 49O. 4£f5. 



