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TETRAO UROPHASIANUS. 
cially on the upper part of the hack, and are moreo" 
sprinkled with white somewhat tinged with rusty i 
scapulars and wing-coverts are besides shafted "* . 
white somewhat dilating towards the ]>oiut, the scap u . .j 
being of a deeper black ; the spurious wing and prim- 1 '^ 
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are plain dusky, with paler edges, the onter with 
indications of whitish dots (generally found in gro^ { 
on the outer vane, but no regular white spots ; ^ 
secondaries are tipped with white, and those which* , 
next to the primaries nearly plain on their inner 
the primaries are rather sleuder, the inferior surfs 1 ' 1 , lf 
the wings is of a very pale silvery gray; the 
wing-coverts and long axillary feathers being H 1 '^ 
silvery white, excepting on the lining- of the tv* J 
which is dusky blackish ; the wings are twelve i' 14 ’!^ 
long ; the breast is grayish, somewhat mottled " j]t , 
black; on each side below is a pure white space, s 
of the leathers of which are tipped or banded ", ^ 
black ; the large feathers of the Hanks are blacky 
shafted with white, crossed by several whitish 1>&" J 
and sprinkled with yellowish ; a broad oblong p ftt< hp 
deep brownish black occupies the whole of the l' e ■ 
and vent, the outer feathers being shafted with " 
yeuowisn gray, minuieiy ”~m 
with blackish; the tarsus measures two inches; _ fj 
toes are dusky black, and the pectinated rowof prorc?^. 
long, strong, and dingy whitish; the nails, blaek'^f 
the whole base of the plumage, with the exceph 0 ' 1 ,^ 
that of the neck beneath, which is white, is of a d uS ^ 
gray. The tail is ten inches long, and in colour, r-n ‘ 
well as its coverts, iu harmony with the rest o‘ ^ 
plumage; the ground colour is blackish, and crossed^ 
rather mottled with hands of whitish spots di*p®f ff 
irregularly, between which are small additional dai , Jt , 
spots ; the two middle ones are mottled all over, but ^ 
others are almost immaculate on their inner vane, 
at the point, — hence the lower surface of theunexpau ^ 
tail is of a silvery gray, much darker than that of 
