TETRAO SCOTICUS. 



R E D G R O U S, , 



Generic Character. iS^d- Tetrao urogallus« 



Synonyms. 



Tetrao Scoticus. Ind, Orn, 2./>. 641. 15. 



Red Game. Albin's Birdsy 1. tab. 23, 24. 



R E D G r o u s . Br. Zool. 1.94. tab, 4 3 . Ib.fol. 85 , iah^ 



M. 3. X^z/^. 4. 74^- i3« 



Ih.fupt, p. 216. Mo/2/. Or;?. D/^. 



Vol. 1. Bewick's Br. Birds^ P/. 1. 



p. 299. 



Length of this fpedes fifteen, breadth twenty-three 

 inches ; weight from one pound four to fix ounces. Bill fhort 

 and blunt ; irides reddilh hazel, over the eye is a bare fringed 

 membrane of a bright fcarlet colour ; legs covered with hair- 

 like feathers to the extremity of the toes ; claws broad and 

 concave ; tail compofed of fixteen feathers. 



The female is rather lefs, and is lighter coloured than the 

 male. 



Red Grous feem confined to the extenfive moors in the 

 north of England, and to the mountains of Scotland, Ireland, 

 and Wales ; the fpecies is indigenous to Great-Britain, and 



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