1PTN«TAILED GROUSft. 
altogether so bsautifui, and the pointed feathefi I 
in the tail a little sliorter ; that these, birds are 
found in the desarts, not far from Aleppo, the 
greatest part of tlie year, but in May and Junt 
come nearer the city, for the sake of water^ 
when they are taken in great plenty, and soldi 
very cheap in the markets of that city; that 
Dr. Shaw, in his Travels and Observations in 
Barbary, has given a bad figure, and brief de- 
scription, of what Edwards believes to be this 
same bird, though it appears with three toesj : 
only, the back toe being probably overlooked 
by the legs being covered with feathers ; that 
Dr. Shaw calls it Kittawia in his copper-plate, 
and Kittawiah in his description ; and that \f 
Dr. Russel, Edwards believes, is the first who i; 
has given us a good history of this bird. | 
This. Little Pin-Tailed Grouse of Edv.-ards, | 
toe Tetrao-Aichata, of Linnaeus, Gmelin, ; 
r.nd Kleio ; the Gangs, commonly called the 
Fvrenncan Piiarsnigan, of BufPon ; the Eonasa 
Pvreiiaico, of Brisson ; the Partridge of Da- 
, of Wliiugiiby and Ray; and the Kit» 
tdv/iah, or Af'.'ics.tx L-gopus, of Shaw. 
