PIN-TAILED GROUSE. 
lower part of the neck before, or the beginninsl { 
of the breast, has a half-moon-like spot ol| i 
orange-colour, bordered above and beneathf i 
with narrow black lines : the points of thiil j 
crescent tend upwards to the hinder part of the' I 
neck. The remainder of the breast, and belly ,1^ j 
the thighs, fore part of the legs, and under the i 
tail, are covered with white, feathers ; though > 
the downy part of the feathers next the flesh isj 
dusky, and the coverts beneath the tail, out-i 
wardly, are mixed with a little black and red- 
dish brovv'u. The hinder part of the neck and 
back is covered v/ith brownish feathers ; hav-j 
ing their tips more yellow, and lighter, andj 
their middle parts darkened by dusky transversejl 
lines. The rump, and upper side of the tail,f 
are more regularly marked with transverse linesu; 
of orange-colour and black. The side feather&j 
of the tail are tipped with white, and shorten] 
gradually to the outermost on each side ; the] 
two middlemost being longer a great deal than! 
the rest, rather narrower than they are ex-l| 
pressed in- the figure, and of a dusky colour* | 
The covert-feathers of the wings are beautifully | 
variegated wiih arched lines ot orange andcolfcei 
colour^ their tips being white. The quills next. 
