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THE BANDED SAKlD- GROUSE. 
particular! jr no in the strong bill, (wliidi farnn a 
marked contract wiili the others, wliidi are all com- 
parntitfeiy weiik,) nmt appri*ac*[ie* almost to the 
otrMjffth of that of ttie grouse, while tl»o nostrils «tilt 
remain uncov^ered. It ia fimnd in Spain and «onie 
of ih« southern provinces, anil the north of Afriea, 
frequenting', perhaps, more tEie Latides, where there 
is a gteater proportion of herbage. Tlie neat h 
made among loo!*e s[on<»s or scanty herbage, and 
ihe efrga are only four or live in number. 
The next l>irds we have to describe are, if pos- 
sible, Biilt mora curiouD. In illustrution of these, 
we have fibred 
