TETRAO TETRIX, 
BLACK G R O U S. 
Generic Character, iS"^-!? Tetrao Urogallus, 
Synonyms. 
Tetrao Tetrix. Lin.. Syft, i. />. 274. 2. Ind. Om* 
2. p. 635. 3, 
Black Grous or Game, Black-Cock, Heath- 
Cock. Br, Zool. 1. 93. iak» 42. lh,foL 85. tab, M» 
Jig. 2. Lafk Sym 4. p. 733. 3. 
Ik fupt, p. 213. M?/?/. Orn, Dicl. 
VoL 1. Bewick's Br, Birds ^ PL 1. 
^. 297. 
IjENGTH of the male nearly two feet, breadth about 
thirty-four inches, weight generally four pounds. Bill fliort, 
and very ftrong ; eyes varying in different lights, from hazel 
to blue, and frequently feem to have an orange caft ; they are 
furrounded on the upper fide by a bare granulated fcarlet fkin, 
which in the breeding feafon is much dilated, and frequently 
extends to' near the top of the head; beneath the eyes is a 
dufky white patch, which in old birds is very confpicuous, but 
fcarcely to be noticed till after the fecond year ; tail compofed 
of fixteen feathers, the outfide ones of which are the longeft, 
and curve outward, the lips of thefe are nearly fquare ; legs 
ftrong, and thickly covered with hair-like feathers ; toes 
ferrated» 
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