5Q BIRDS. GALLING. 29-30. 



139. C. Titrtur. Back brownish-ash ; breast reddish- 

 white : sides of (he neck with a black patch spotted 

 with white : tail tipt with white. 



Turtle Dove. Br. Zoo/, t. 45. Lewin t. iji. Walcot. t 188. 



Length 12 inches : extent 21 inches : weight 6 ounces. 

 Bill dusky : iris yellow : beneath and Ik hi id the eyes purplish-red : 

 head and neck blue-grey : back and wings reddish-brown, the fea- 

 thers with paler edges ; the fore-part of the latter bluish-grey j 

 chin and belly whitish : .quills dusky, with paler margins : tail black., 

 the 2 middle-feathers not tipt with white, the outmost white on 

 the'outer edge -.legs purplish-red. 



ORDER V. GALLING. 

 29. PHASIANUS. Pheasant. 

 140. P. colchicus* Reddish chesnut spotted with black: 

 head and part of the neck, of the male, blue, with a 

 violet and green-gold gloss : tail wedge-form : cheeks 

 warty. 



Phaafant. Lewin t. 132. Albin t. 25. 26. Walcot t. 178. 

 Length 3 feet : breadth 2 feet 8 : weight , near 3 pounds. 

 Bill psdc horny: iris yellow : cheeks crimfon fpeckled with "black, 

 granular : plumage a rich assemblage of red and- black, with a fine 

 glofs of green gold blue and violet changeable in the various shades 

 of light : feathers of the tail very unequal, the 2 middle-ortes 18 or 

 20 inches long : legs dusky; toes connected at the bafe ; fpur 3 

 quarters of an inch long. Female brown, with a mixture of grey, 

 reddish and black : sides of the head covered with feathers. 



30. TETRAO. Grous. 



141. T. Urogallus, Rufous-brown : head and neck cine- 

 reous : chin and belly blackish : axils of the wings 

 white. 



Cock of the Woods. Lewin 1. 133. Br. Zool. t. 40. 41. Donsv. t. 89. 



Lengtk 2 feet 8 : extent 3 feet 10 : weight 12 or 13 pounds'. 

 Bill horn-colour : iris hazel : cheeks red : body marked with miuute 

 tranfverfe black lines : Jbreast glossy black-green : belly and vent 

 marked with white : tail black, with a few white fpots : legr co- 

 vered with brown feathers : edges of the toes pectinate. 



Female lefs : throat red : head, neck and back, with tawny and 

 red bars : belly with pale orange and black bars : tail dark ferru- 

 ginous, with black bars, tipt with white. 



142. T. Tetrix. Glossy blue-black: spot near the shoul- 

 ders, 2 bars on the wings, and under tail-coverts 

 white: tail forked. Fern, larger, with reddish spots 

 on the neck, breast, wings and thighs. 



Black Grous. Brit. Zool. t. 42. Lewin t. 134. Donov. t. gj. 



Length 1 foot 10 : extent 2 feet 9 : weight near 4 pounds. 

 Bill dusky: iris hazel: coverts dusky-brown: 4 first quill-feathers 

 black, the next white at the bottom ; lower half of the fecondaries 

 and under-coverts white : thighs and legs clothed with dusky fea- 

 thers, with a few white fpots on the former : tail much forked, the 

 outer feathers bending outwards ; the unde--coverts pure white. 



Female much less, tranfverfely variegated with ferruginous black 

 and grey : tail-feathers straight and even at the end. 



143. T. Lagopus. Varied with grey and white: legs 

 woolly : wings white, with black shafts : 2 middle 



