262 grous. 



tips of the feathers; the prime wing coverts and second quills rusty 

 white, marked with a broad ish trace of black, parallel to the shaft, 

 quite to the tip ; prime quills brown, pointed, the outer edges hoary 

 towards the base ; within white to the tip, least conspicuous on the 

 outer ones ; the legs are feathered almost to the nails, and are very 

 stout ; the toes three in number, placed forwards, very short, and all 

 joined together, except at the tips, where the claws divide, and the 

 sole is imbricated with horny papillae. 



Inhabits the deserts of Southern Tartary, from whence Dr. Pallas 

 received one stuffed specimen. M. Temminck forms a Genus of this 

 Species. 



27.— GOOTO GROUS. 



Gooto, Bruce's Trav. i. pp. 80. & 241. 



THIS is described slightly by Mr. Bruce, who says, that it is 

 very beautiful, and of different colours ; that of Egypt spotted white, 

 like a Guinea Fowl, but upon a brown ground, not blue as the latter 

 is ; legs and feet covered with feathers, and has but two toes before. 



Inhabits various parts of Africa, is very common in all the 

 deserts, and called Gooto ; seen by dozens about Tor, the least 

 beautiful of the kind, and coloured like the back of a Partridge ; 

 but all of the tribe are very indifferent food. The above seems but an 

 imperfect account, but is all that could be collected concerning it. 



I find a Grous with feathered legs, (the colour brown, variegated 

 with black), in a M.S. of Mr. Anderson's, mentioned as a native of 

 Terra del Fuego ; and another with naked legs, of the same colours, 

 in New Caledonia, but no farther account of either. 



