ORDER PTEROCLETES

FAMILY PTEROCLIDÆ

THE THREE-TOED SAND-GROUSE

Legs and toes feathered to the claws; no hind toe. Length sixteen to twenty inches.

This species was not known with us till 1859. Great flights visited this country in 1863, in 1888, and in 1889 when a few pair bred here.

ORDER GALLINÆ

FAMILY TETRAONIDÆ

THE CAPERCAILLIE
TETRÁO UROGÁLLUS