PIN-TAILED GROUSE. 
figured in the Planches Enluminees, by the 
name of the Senegal Hazel Grouse, is only a 
variety, and somewhat smaller ; but has the 
same long; feathers or threads in the tail, the 
lateral quills become gradually shoiter the far- ■ 
ther they are placed from the middle, the wings 
are very long, tiie legs are covered before with 
a white down, the middle toe is much longer 
than those near the sides, and tlie hind one 
is exceedingly short; .lastly, it has no red skin 
over the eyes, and differs from the Pin-Tailed 
Grouse only in being rather smaller, and it's 
plumage deeper tinged wirh reddish. It is, 
therefore, only a variety of the same species, 
produced by the influence ot climate." 
As Brisson is accused, by Buffon, of having 
confounded this bird with his Pyrenaean Hazel 
Grouse, he here takes occasion to add — " What 
ouG:ht to shew, that this bird is different from 
the Fiazel Grouse, and should therefore be 
distinguished by a different name, is that, be- 
sides the disparity^ of figure, it aKvays inhabits 
the warm countries, and never occurs in the . 
cold, or even the temperate, climates ; whereas, , 
the MazeiC-rouse is rare, except in chilly trails .• 
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