AVES GALLIN;!, Tetrao, 747 
initio Februarii, in arbore tanquam ecflafi correptus, 
expanfa cauda , alis ad pedes demijjls , protrujb collo , 
capitis pennis quaji injlatis , altijjtma voce feminas 
convocat ^femina inter mufcos in Jicca terra ova parit 
8-16 alba, flavo-maculata , gallinaceis majora, & 
fola incubat q caro multis erjlimata. 
Roftrum corneum ; macula /unru oculos coccinea ; irides 
avellana: colore ■ nares plumis brevibus tecla ; menti 
gulaCi^ue penna nigres, reliquis longiores ; caput col- 
lumjae cinerea , lineis fubnlibus tranfverfis nigris pi 3 a^ 
corpus fupra cum alis badium , lineis nigricantibus • 
pedlus e.r nigricante fplendide viride q abdomen crillum- 
que nigrum, albo varium ,■ reftrices 18, utrinque cdbo- 
maculatcs ; pedes robufii fufei , digitorum margine pec ■ 
Unato, Femina multo minor, vix ultra 0.6 pollices 
longa,- roftrum obfairum ; gula rubra; caput , collum 
& dotiam faf dis tranfverfis alternis rubris & nigris q 
peftori masuhs pauca alba adfperfa ; pedtus inferius 
totum aurantium ; abdonieu pnliide aurantio & nigra, 
maculatum , pennarum apice albo ; humeri nigri , pen- 
narum margine nigro & pallide fpadiceo maculato , 
apice albis q exads. ferruginea , nigro-jafeiata , apice 
alba. 
^eI-7. T, cauda cuneiformi , capite, collo & corpore fupra 
teftaceis nigro-fafeiatis. Syfl. nat. X. p. 160. 
Kudlon’s Bay Phealaat Grous. Forfier a 3 . angi, 63. 
p. 396. 
Long-tailed Grous from Hudfon’s Bay. Ediv. av. 1. 107. 
Long-tailcd Grous. Latk, jyn. II. x. p. 750. n. 0. 
Sharptailed Grous. Ar 3 . rgool. 1. 306. /2. i8t. 
Coq de bruy^re k lonaue queue de ia Baie d'Kiidfon, 
Brijf. orn. app. 9. Bujf. liiji. nat. des oif. 0. p. 086. 
Habttat ad fimum Hiidfonis & in Virginia? incultis, 17 
pollices longus , vinitans hieme gemmis betula & la- 
ricis , inter quas degit , afiate baccis variis , voce 
r/tmus alta, quam urogitUus , carne fufcefccnte, rudi, 
at fucculenta q femina 9 - 13 ova parit. 
Caput, gensc, cervix, dorfura, tedlrices cauda, cauda- 
que ipfa ex fpadiceo & nigro varia q humeri, teciricefjue 
alarum ferruginea , maculis nigris & magnis albis q 
remiges primores nigra albo - maculata q peftus & 
hy'pochondria alba, maculis faghtads nigris q abdomen. 
album q redlrices laterales a-lbo-rrrnculatc q digitorum 
tjtargo peBinatus q macula fupra oculos multo minor. 
