T E T RAO U R O G ALLU S 



WOOD GROUS, 



Generic Character. 



Bill convex, Oiort, and very ftrong. 

 Skin over tbe eyes bare. 

 Noftrils covered with feathers. 

 Tongue entire, pointed. 

 Legs feathered. 

 Claws concave. 



Synonyms, 



Tetrao urogallus. Lin, Syji. 1.^. 273. 1. Ltd, 



Orn. 2. p. 634. 1. 

 Cock of the Wood or Mountain. Alhin's Birds, 



2. tak 29, 30. 

 Wood or Great Grous. Br. Zool, 1. 92. tah» 40. 



41. Ib.foL M.M, Ar^. Zool 2, p. 



312.^. Ib,fupt.p,62. Lath. Syn. 



4. />. 729. 1. Mont, Orn, Vol. 



1. Bezvick's Br, Birds ^ Pt, 1. 294* 



In fize this fpecies exceeds all our native land birds except- 

 ing the buftard ; it varies very confiderably in weight and fize ; 

 the one from which our figure was executed, is the largeft 

 fpecimen we remember to have feen ; it meafures three feet 



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