THE PINNATED GROUSE. 
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Plumage compact, the feathers generally broad and rounded ; those of the 
head and neck narrow, and proportionally shorter, excepting those of the 
crown, which are elongated. Two tufts of lanceolate, elongated feathers 
on the sides of the neck, under which is an oblong bare space on either side 
capable of being inflated. Lower tibial and tarsal feathers short, soft and 
blended. Wings short and curved, the primaries strong and narrow ; fourth 
longest, third and fifth nearly equal, second longer than sixth, first much 
shorter. Tail very short, much rounded, sloping on both sides, of eighteen 
broad rounded feathers. 
Bill dusky, paler beneath. Iris brown. Toes dull yellow, claws greyish- 
brown, the general colour of the upper parts is blackish-brown, transversely 
marked with broad undulating bands of light yellowish-red ; the wing- 
coverts and secondaries of a lighter brown, tinged with grey, and barred with 
paler red, the latter only on the outer webs ; primary quills greyish-brown,' 
with black shafts, and spots of pale reddish on the outer webs, excepting 
towards the end. Tail dark greyish-brown, narrowly tipped with dull 
white, the two middle feathers mottled with brownish-red. Space from the 
bill to the eye, a band from the lower mandible over the cheek and the 
throat, pale yellowish-red or cream colour ; a band of blackish-brown under 
the eye, including the ear-coverts, and another about an inch and a half long 
on the side of the throat. SujDra-ocular membrane scarlet ; bare skin of 
the sounding-bladder dusky orange. The long feathers of the cervical tufts 
are dark brown on the outer webs, pale yellowish-red and margined with 
dusky on the inner, excepting the lowest, which are all brownish-black. The 
lower parts are marked with large transverse curved bands of greyish-brown 
and pale yellowish-grey, the tints deeper on the anterior parts and under the 
wings. Under tail-coverts arranged in three sets, the middle feathers con- 
vex, involute, white, with two concealed brown spots ; the lateral larger, of 
the same form, abrupt, variegated with dusky red and white, the extremity 
of the latter colour, but with a very narrow terminal margin of black. The 
tibial and tarsal feathers are grey, obscurely and minutely banded with 
yellowish-brown. 
Length 18 inches, extent of wings 2 1h ; bill along the back along 
the edge -fi ; tarsus lh ; weight 1 lb. 13 oz. 
Adult Female. 
The female is considerably smaller, and wants the crest, cervical tufts 
and air-bags, but in other respects resembles the male. 
