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WOOD GROUS. 



carunculated skin over the eyes, forming a kind of 

 eyebrow, which is more or less of a red colour : 

 the tarsi are covered with feathers, and are de- 

 stitute of a spur : the toes are naked. 



They build their nests upon the ground ; they 

 are constructed in a very artless manner, of a few 

 small branches of pines, heath tops, &c. The fe- 

 males produce many eggs, and the young run about 

 as soon as hatched, often with pieces of the shell 

 adhering to them : their food consists of seeds, 

 berries, a few insects, and the slender tops of various 

 evergreens : they are all natives of the colder 

 climates, those of southern provinces generally 

 inhabiting the loftiest mountains, where the at- 

 mosphere is bleak and cold. 



A. Caiidd rotundatd* 

 A. Tail rounded. 



WOOD GROUS. 



(Tetrao Urogallus.) 



Te. coUo corporeque supra nigricantibus cinereo transversim un- 

 dulatis ; suhtus nigricante maculis albis mriof axillis albis, 

 pectore viridi nitore aneo caudd nigra rotundatdy rectricibus 

 versus apicem duabus maculis albis, (Femina, minor, nigro 

 cinereoque transversim variegafd; guldy pectore rectricibusque 

 rufiSf his nigrq^asciatis,) 



