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PINNATED HEATHCOCK. 

 (Bonasa Gupido.) 



Bo. subcristate, corpore Jusco-rufescente nigro et aldicante trans- 



versim striata , cauda fascia terminali nigra. 

 Slightly crested Heathcock, with the body transversely striated 



with fuscous-red, black and white j the tail with a terminal 



black fascia. 

 Attagen Americana. Briss, Orn, 1.212. 10. 

 Tetrao Cupido. Linn, Syst. Nat. 1. 274. 5. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 751.— Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 648. 8. — Temm. Gall. Lid. 7Q4.-^ 



Wils. Amer. Orn. III.p, I04.pl. XXV II. f. I. 

 Urogallus minor fuscus. Catesb. Carol. App. pi. 1, 

 Tetras huppecol. Temm. Pig, et Gall. 3. 101. 

 Pinnated Grous. Penn.Arct. Zool, 2. 180. — 'Lath. Gen, Syn.A. 



740. 9. 



This curious bird is about one-third larger than 

 the common Partridge : the top of the head, and a 

 space beneath the eyes, are of a red-brown ; finely 

 striated with deeper : the space round the eyes, the 

 throat, and the top of the neck, are reddish-white : 

 the feathers of the hind head form a crest ; and 

 two tufts of long feathers spring from each side of 

 the hinder-part of the neck ; these, which resemble 

 little wings, are composed of five wedged feathers, 

 about three inches in length, the lower ones being 

 the shortest, and black, the rest spotted with red 

 and white: these appendages are capable of m.otion 

 at the will of the bird : the rest of the plumage is 

 of a dirty red, striped transversely with red, black, 



