BRITISH BIRDS* 
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•which extends to the ridge of the wing, forming a 
fpot of that colour on the fhoulder when the wing 
is clofed ; the quills are brown, the lower parts 
and tips of the fecondaries are white, forming a 
bar of White acrofs the wing— -there is likewife a 
Ipot of white on the baftard wing ; the feathers of 
the tail are alrnolt fquare at the ends, and when 
fpread out, form a curve On each fide ; the under 
tail coverts are of a pure White ; the legs and 
thighs are of a dark brown colour, mottled With 
white the toes are toothed on the edges like the 
former fpecies. In fome of our fpecimens the noff 
trils were thickly covered With feathers, whilft in 
others they were quite bare, which we fuppofe 
mull be owing to the different ages of the birds. 
Thefe birds, like the former, are found chiefly 
in high and wooded fituations in the northern parts 
of our ifland ; they are common in Ruflia, Siberia, 
and other northern countries : They feed on va- 
rious kinds of berries and other fruits, the produce 
of wild and mountainous places ; in fummer they 
will frequently come down from their lofty fitua- 
tions for the fake of feeding on corn. They do 
not pair, but on the return of fpring the males af- 
femble in great numbers at their accuflomed re- 
forts, on the tops of high and heathy mountains, 
when the conteft for fuperiority takes place, and 
continues with great bitternefs till the vanquifhed 
are put to flight ; the vigors being left in poffeffion 
of the field, place themfelves on an eminence, clap 
