T E T RAO U R O G ALLU S. 
WOOD GROUS. 
• Generic Character. 
Bill convex, fhort, and very ftrong. 
Skin over the eyes bare. 
Noftrils covered with feathers. 
Tongue entire, pointed. 
Legs feathered. 
Claws concave. 
Synonyi^s, 
Tetrao urogallus. Lin, Syft. i. p. 273. !♦ Ind, 
Orn, 2. p, 634. 1. 
Cock of the Wood or Mountain, Alhins Birds, 
%, tab, 29, 30. 
Wood or Great Grous. Br, Zool, x, 92, tab, 40. 
41. Ib.foL M. M. Ar5i, ZooL 2. p. 
312. A, Ib,fupt. />, 62. hath, Syn. 
4./?. 729. 1. Mont, Orn. Di^. Vol, 
1. Bewick's Br, Birds^ Pt. 1. 294. 
I III iiiiiiy^i^ ' 
In fize this fpecies exceeds all our native land birds except- 
ing the buftard ; it varies very confiderably in weight and fize ; 
the one from which our figure was executed, is the largefl 
fpecimen we remember to have feen j it meafures three feet 
one 
