. Arctic zoology [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. jia ROCK, AND WOOD G R O U S. 184. Rock. TJ) OCK Gr. With a black line from the bill to the eye. In all other parts of the plumage of the fame colors wi^h the White, N° 183; but inferior 111 fizc by one third. Differs in nature. Feeds on the tops of fmall birch. Frequents only the dry rocky grounds, and the larch plains. Makes a fingular fnoring noifc, with its neck ftreched out, and feemingly with diffi- culty, Is very numerous in the northern p%rts ^of Hud/on's Bay, and never vifits the fouthern end, except in very hard weather. Never takes fhel
. Arctic zoology [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. jia ROCK, AND WOOD G R O U S. 184. Rock. TJ) OCK Gr. With a black line from the bill to the eye. In all other parts of the plumage of the fame colors wi^h the White, N° 183; but inferior 111 fizc by one third. Differs in nature. Feeds on the tops of fmall birch. Frequents only the dry rocky grounds, and the larch plains. Makes a fingular fnoring noifc, with its neck ftreched out, and feemingly with diffi- culty, Is very numerous in the northern p%rts ^of Hud/on's Bay, and never vifits the fouthern end, except in very hard weather. Never takes fheltcr in the woods, but fits on the rocks, or burrows in the fnow. Is inferior in goodnefs to the \ A, Wood Gnowi, J?r. 2oa/. ; 92. Tetraonif alterum Genus, P//»<V, lib. X. c. 22. ' Tttno urogallqi Kjader, Faun. Suec. N" 200.âLatham. La Tetru ou le grand Coq de Bruypre, De Buffon, i:. 191. tab. v.âPA £»/. 73, 74, Mali. O^' ^'^'^ head, neck, and back crofled with flender lines of black and grey: upper part of the bread glofly green : tail black ) the feathers on each fide fpotted with white : legs feathered : Size. toe» naked and peftinated. Length two feet eight: Weight fometimcs fourteen pounds. â " Fbmalb. Length of the female only two feet two: color ferruginous and black, difpofcd generally in bars. ' Notwich-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798. London : Printed by Henry Hughes
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