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O R D. V. G E N T . II. G R O U S. 



SPE. IV. RED GROUS. 



PL 136. 



La Gelinotte d'Ecofie. Brif. Orn. I. p. 199. 



This fpecies is the fize of the laft, or very little bigger. The bill is black : 

 the eyes hazel : over the eye is a naked red membrane : at the bafe of the 

 lower mandible is a white mark : the head and neck are of a pale tawny red, 

 barred with black : throat red : back and fcapulars of a deeper red, with a 

 large black fpot in the middle of each feather : quills dufky : the four middle- 

 moft tail feathers barred with red, the others with black : the legs covered to 

 the claws with foft white feathers. 



The female is fmaller, but in other refpecls differs little from the male. 



The red grous, or red game, as it is called, inhabits chiefly the northern part 

 of this ifland, but is found farther to the fouth than any of the genus. In York- 

 fhire, Derbyfhire, and Lancashire, it is common. It aflbciates in flocks in 

 winter, delights much in heath, and is rarely found except in mountainous 

 parts. For the egg, fee PI. XXXI. Fig. 1. 



