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Show 354 AVES. An intermediate species appears to exist in the north or Europe,-T. intermedi·us, Langsdorf, Mem. de Petersb., tom. III, pl. xiv; Sparm. M. Carls., pl. xv, which is larger than the preceding, with the tail less forked, and the breast spotted with white. Found in the marshy districts of Courland, Ingria, &c.( 1) In theTwoods of£temperate Europe we find, T. bonasia, L.; La Gelinotte;· Poule des Coudriers;(2) En!. 474 and 475; Fdsch. 112; Naum. 20, f. 39. (The Hazel Grous.) Which is but a little larger than the Partridge, and is prettily variegated with brown and white, grey and red; alarge black band near the tip of the tail; throat of the male black, and his head slightly tufted.(3) America produces some neighbouring species, such as Tet. canadensis and canace, I~.; Gelinotte noire d' .Orner., Enl. 131 and 132; Ed w. 118 and 71. Bt·own, verging more or less on a black; tip of the tail red. In ·some,rthe feathers on each side of [the neck of the males are turned up like a mantlet, or two scrolls: their habits have an ~ffinity with those of the Turkey. Such are, 1'etr. umbetlus and togatus, Gm.; Coq. de Bruy. a fraise, En!. 104; Eclw. 248; Wils. pl. xlix; called Partridge in New England, and Pheasant in Pennsylvania. Variegated with red, grey, and black; a large black spot at the bottom of the neck, on each side; a black band edged with white on the tip of the tail; lower part of the tarsi naked. Found in the mountain forests; the voice ot' the male in the nuptial season resembles the roll of a drum. Tetr. cupido, Gm., Catesb. Suppl. 1; Wils, pl. uvii; Vieill. Galer. 219.f (The Pinna ted Grous.) Variegated with brown and fawn colour; tail brown; tarsi feathered down to the toes; the feathers on the bottom of the male's neck turn up into .two pointed scrolls, beneath wJ1ioh is a naked skin, which, in the ( 1) lt appears to. be at once the Tetras a plumage variable, and the Tetras d queue pleine, of Bnffon. (2) BoNAsu, or llONA.SA., name of the Gelinotte in Albertus Magnus and other authors of the middle ages. (3) The .I.Utagas of Buff., .llttagen of Aldrov., Ornith., II, p. 75; Gelinotteltuppl~ Briss. • appears to me after much research, even in Italy, to be nothing more thllll ~ yo~ng or female Gelinotte. It is the same individual painted by Frisch, .P1· cxu. Tb~ Tetrao canus, Gm. (Sparm. Mus. Carls., p. 16) is only :m albino val'lety of the Gelmotte. Neither have I any confidence in the authenticity of the Tetr. nemesaianus, nor in that of the Tctr. betulinus of Scopoli. They are femalet, 0~ the young of the Tetr. tetri~, or disfigured Gelinottes. GALLINACE.tE. 355 genial season, he inflates like a bladder; his voice sounds like a trumpet. Found on extensive plains, and is such delicious food that laws have been passed to preserve the breed.(!) The name of LAGOPus, Or Ptarmigan, is more .particularly applied to those species which have a round or square tail; whose toes are feathered as well as the legs. The most common become white in winter. Tetr. lagopus, L.; Dagopede ordinllire,(2) Enl. 120 and 494; Brit. Zool. pl. M, 3, M, 4; Naum. 1st Ed. Supp. 61, f. 115, .116. (The Ptarmigan or ~bite Grous.) Its summer plumage 1s fawn ~oloured, ~arked ~nth small black lines.(3) From high mountams, where 1t remams during the winter in holes which it forms under the snow. ' Tetr. albus, Gm., called of Hudson's Bay; T. saliceti, Tern., Edw. 72; Frisch, 110, III. (The White Ptarmigan.) From the whole north; is larger~ and its summer plumage more red· its belly remains white.( 4) ' . There is a Ptarmigan in Scotland, however' which does not change 1ts plumage in winter,; it is, Tetr. scoticus, Lath.; Poule de marais; Grous, &c. Albin. 1, 23, 24; Brit. Zool. pl. M, 3; Vieill. Galer. 221. (The Red Ptarmigan.) Above, variegated with fawn colour, brown and black; a deep red, striped with blackish beneath; legs cinereous, and but few feathers on the toes. We may separate by the naine of GANGA or ATTAGEN.(5)-PTEROOLEs, Tetn. Those species which have a pointed tail and naked toes. The circumference of their eyes only is naked, but it is not of a red colour; their thumb is very small. Tetr. alchata, L.; Ganga, Enl. 105 and 106; Edw. 249.(6) The size of a Partridge; the plumage scalloped with fawn co- (1) Add 1et. urophasianus, llonap. ill, pl. xxi, £ 2;-Tet. obscurus, Bonap. ID, pl. xviii. .11m. Ed, (2) LAGoPus ....... hare's foot, hairy foot-is the ancient name of this bird. (3) In this summer livery it is the Tetr. rupestris, Lath. (4) The summer plumage forms the Tetr. lapponicus, Lath . . (5) Jlttagen, the Greek name of a heavy bird, somewhat larger than the Partr, rlge, with the plumage of a Woodcock, probably designated the Ganga. (6) Ganga is its Catalonian name; .!llchata, or rather CIJ.ata, its name among the Arabs. |
