224 grous. 



Urogallus major, Bris. i. 1S2. Id. 8vo. i. 51. Klein, 115. Id. Stem. 25. t. 27. f. 1. 



a. b. Id. Ov. 33. t. 15. 1. Hasselq. Voy. p. 16. Gerin. ii. t. 236, 237. Gesn. 



Av. 1617. pi. p. 422. Will. Engl. p. 172. pi. 30. 

 Coq de Bruyere. ou Tetras, Buf.u. 191. pi. 5. Id. Sonnin. v. p. 315. t. 39. f. 1. 2. 



PI. enl. 73, 74. Hist. Prov. ii. 331. Tab. Enc. Orn. 193. pi. 90. f. 3. 

 Der Averhahn, Naturf. xvii. 70. Schr. d. Berl. Nat. v. 470. Gunth Nest. u. Ey. t. 8. 

 Das Averhuhn, Bechst. Dent. iii. 470. Id. Ed. 2d^ iii. 1298. Schmid, Vog. p. 100. 



t. 87. 

 Capricalca, Sib. Scot. xvi. t. 14. 18. 

 Wood Grous, Gen, Syn, iv. 729. Br. Zool. i. 92. pi. 40, 41, Id.fol. M. M.* Id. 



Ed. 1812. 347. pi. 44, 45. Arct. Zool. ii. 312. A. Id. Sup. 62. Tour in Scotl. 



1769. pi. p. 217.— Male. Id. p. 97. pi. 11. f. 2.— female. Id. Ed. 8vo. 278. pi. 



15, 16. Flor. Scot. i. p. 22. Bewick, i. pi. p. 295. Lewin, Birds, iv. pi. 132. 



Walcot, Birds. Donov. Birds, iv. pi. 89. Rural Sports, pi. p. 411. Orn. Diet. 



Sf Stipp. 



THIS species is as large as a Turkey ; length two feet nine 

 inches, breadth three feet ten inches; weight from seven or eight, 

 to twelve pounds, and even more.* The bill is two inches long, 

 very strong, and horn-coloured, the upper mandible very convex, 

 and hooked, the under shutting within it ; nostrils covered with 

 short feathers; irides hazel; the feathers of the chin and throat 

 black, and longer than the rest; head and neck ash-colour, delicately 

 marked with transverse, narrow, blackish lines; the upper parts of 

 the wings and body are chestnut-brown, irregularly marked with 

 blackish lines ; the feathers at the setting on of the wings white ; 

 the breast very glossy, blackish green ; the rest of the under parts 

 black ; but the belly and feathers over the thighs and vent are 

 marked with white ; sides as the neck ; the tail consists of eighteen 

 feathers, and rounded in shape, marked on each side with a few 

 white spots; the legs are strong, covered with short, brown feathers; 

 the edges of the toes pectinated. 



The female is much smaller; length twenty-six inches; breadth 

 forty. Bill dusky; throat red; head, neck, and back marked with 

 transverse bars of red and black ; the breast has some white spots, 

 and the lower part is plain orange-colour; belly barred pale orange 



* Fourteen or fifteen pounds.— Br. Zool. 



