Class II. RED GROUS. 357 



the irides hazel colored ; at the base of the 

 lower mandible, on each side, is a white spot ; 

 the throat is red. The plumage on the head 

 and neck is of a light tawny red ; each feather 

 is marked with several transverse bars of black. 

 The back and scapular feathers are of a 

 deeper red, and on the middle of each feather 

 is a large black spot ; the breast and belly are 

 of a dull purplish brown, crossed with numerous 

 narrow dusky lines ; the quil feathers are 

 dusky. The tail consists of sixteen feathers of 

 an equal length, all of them (except the four 

 middlemost) are black, and the middle feathers 

 are barred with red ; the thighs are of a pale 

 red, barred obscurely with black ; the legs and 

 feet cloathed to the very claws with thick soft 

 white feathers;* the claws are whitish, very 

 broad and strong. 



The female weighs only fifteen ounces. The Female, 

 colors in general are duller than those of the 

 male; the breast and belly are spotted with 

 white, and the tips of some of the coverts of 

 the wings are of the same color. The red naked 



* The feet in the figure given by M . Brisson are engraven 

 naked, or bare of feathers. The specimen probably came to 

 that gentleman in that condition : his description in other re- 

 spects is very accurate. 



