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says the fifth; greater and iesser wing coverts, dark reddish 
brown, freckled with light brown, darker or not with the 
age of the bird; primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, dark 
greyish brown, halt of the outer webs of the second, third, 
fourth, and fifth quills are white, the outer webs of the 
secondaries are waved with reddish brown, and slightly tipped 
with white; greater and lesser under wing coverts, white, 
excepting some of the outer ones. 
The tail, rather long, and much rounded, consists of eighteen 
feathers, black, with some irregular white marks, and one 
interrupted white bar near the end; upper tail coverts, 
partially tipped with white; the outer feathers longer than 
the middle; under tail coverts, greyish black spotted with 
white on the tips. Legs, grey, covered with downy feathers, 
above the knee greyish brown tipped with white, below 
greyish brown minutely waved with reddish brown; toes, 
bare of feathers and dark greyish brown, and _ strongly 
pectinated; claws, blunt and blackish brown. 
Female; weight, from five to six pounds; length, two feet 
fwo inches; bill, dusky brown; iris, hazel; head, crown, neck 
on the back, and nape, dark brown, barred and freckled with 
yellow brown and black. Throat and breast, yellowish 
chesnut, the feathers of the latter margined with black, and 
with an edging of greyish white. Primaries, secondaries, and 
tertiaries, dusky, mottled on the outer webs with light 
brown. Tail, dark rust-colour, barred with black and tipped 
with white; under tail coverts, with broader edges of white. 
Legs, greyish brown; toes and claws, pale brown. 
The young at first resemble the female, the males slowly 
gaining their proper plumage. 
The hybrid between this species and and the Black Grouse 
has the bill black, the shining feathers on the neck of a 
rich plum-colour, and the outer feathers of the tail the longest. 
