. A history of British birds . CAPERCAILLIE. 45 TETRA Teteao ukogallus, LinnsBUS*.THE CAPERCAILLIE, WOOD GEOUSE, OR COCK OF THE WOOD. Tetrao urogallus. TETRAO.+—Bill short, strong; upper mandible convex, and arcbed from thebase to the tip. Nostrils basal, lateral, partly closed by an arched scale, and* Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 273 (1766). t I. c. 46 TETRAONIDJi. hidden from view by small closely-set feathers. Space above the eye naked, theskin red with papilla?, and fringed. Wings short, and rounded in form ; the fifthquill-feather the longest. Tail of eighteen feathers. Fe
. A history of British birds . CAPERCAILLIE. 45 TETRA Teteao ukogallus, LinnsBUS*.THE CAPERCAILLIE, WOOD GEOUSE, OR COCK OF THE WOOD. Tetrao urogallus. TETRAO.+—Bill short, strong; upper mandible convex, and arcbed from thebase to the tip. Nostrils basal, lateral, partly closed by an arched scale, and* Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 273 (1766). t I. c. 46 TETRAONIDJi. hidden from view by small closely-set feathers. Space above the eye naked, theskin red with papilla?, and fringed. Wings short, and rounded in form ; the fifthquill-feather the longest. Tail of eighteen feathers. Feet with the toes naked,three in front united as far as tbe first joint, and one toe behind, short, the edgesof all pectinated. Tarsi feathered to the junction of the toes. The term Capercaillie, sometimes written Capercally andCapercailzie, is of Gaelic origin, and, as usual, the bestauthorities differ in their interpretation of it. Both thederivation and the orthography are discussed at some lengthin Mr. J. A. Harvie-Browns excellent monograj)h entitled The Capercai
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