LONG-TAILED GROUSE. 
light brown, or whitish. The feathers on 
the back, wings, and tail, are black in their 
middle parts ; indented with a bright brown 
on their sides, and transversely marked black 
and brown at their tips : which forms a con- 
fused, broken appearance, of black and brown, 
transversely mixed all over the upper side of 
the bird. The covert feathers within side of 
the wings, are dusky and white, mixed in 
transverse lines. The outward coverts of the 
wings., and the quill-feathers next the back, 
have white tips. The prime quills have spots 
of white along their outer webs : the inner 
'^jvebs of the quills are ash-colour, and without 
spots. The tail has the two middle feathers 
longer by near tw^o inches than those next 
them : thev all gradually shorten toward the 
side-feathers. The three outermost feathers 
on each side, are white. The breast, from 
hrown, gradually becomes white : as does the 
belly, the sides under the wing, and the covert- 
feathers under the tail. The breast is spotted 
-with half-moon-like black spots ; but, on the 
belly, the black spots are shaped like hearts, 
and extend to the coverts under the tail. The 
legs are covered with fine feathers, that look 
like 
