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TETRAONIDiE. 



. GENUS CCC— TETRAD Auctorum. GROUS. 

 Generic character: vide StepJi. v. xi. p, 265. 



GENUS CCCL— LAGOPUS, Ray. PTARMIGAN. 

 Generic character : vide Staph, v. xi. p. 236. 



GENUS CCCII.-SYRRHAPTES, Illiger. 



nostrum basi plumis orna- 

 tum, paulo gracile, rectum, 

 compressum, versus apicem 

 curvatum. 



Alee acutae. 



Pedes tridactyli, digiti fere 

 ad unguibus coalitis : tarsi 

 digitique hirsutis. 



Beak furnished with feathers 

 at the base, rather slender, 

 straight, compressed, bent 

 towards the tip. 



Wings acute. 



Legs four-toed, the toes 

 united nearly to the claws : 

 tarsi and ioes hirsute. 



( Vide Steph. v. xi. p. 420.) 

 Heteroclitus, Vieillot. 



Sp. 1. Syr. Pallasii. 



Syr. dorso griseo nigroque undulato; abdomine nigro ma cutis pnl- 



lidis; lateribus colli macula Juha. 

 Syrrhaptes with the back undulated with grey and black ; the 



abdomen black with pale spots ; the sides of the neck with a 



fulvous spot. 



Tetrao paradoxus. Pallas. — Gmel. Sj/st. Nat. i. 755. — 'Lath. 

 Ind. Orn. ii. 643. — Heteroclite Grous. Lath. Gen. Syn. v. 4. 

 p. 753. — Syrrhaptes Pallasii. Temm. PI. Col. 95. 



Inhabits Southern Tartary. The head and neck, 

 as far as the throat, hoary ; but the chin is yellowish ; 

 on each side of the neck is an orange spot ; round 

 the throat a circular streak, composed of numerous 

 transverse slender black lines : the back, between 

 the wings, and quite to the tail, undulated with black 



