RUFFED GROUS. 473 
hour before sunset, then it flutters again, and con- 
tinues so to do till night.” 
This species of grous has a great ruff on the hind 
part of the neck, which it can raise or depress at 
pleasure. The upper part of the body is a mixture 
of brown, ferruginous, and black ; some of the tail 
feathers are marked with heart-shaped spots of white ; 
the chin, as well as the breast and belly, is white, 
barred with cinereous brown. The tail, which is 
expansible like a fan, and most elegantly barred 
with narrow undulated lines of black, is in some of 
a cinereous colour, and in others orange ; the end in 
all is tipped with white. The legs are covered with 
feathers to the feet ; the toes are naked and pecti- 
nated. 
