2^4 G R O U S. Class IL 



It inhabits wooded and mountanous countries ; 

 in particular, forefls of pines, birch trees and ju- 

 nipers ; feeding on the tops of the former, and ber- 

 ries of the latter; the firft infers often the flelh 

 with fuch a tafte, as to render it fcarcely eatable. 

 In the fpring it calls the females to its haunts with 

 a loud and fiirill voice; and is at that time fo ve- 

 ry inattentive to its fafety, as to be very eafily 

 fliot. It (lands perched on a tree, and defcends 

 to the females on their firft appearance. They lay 

 from eight to fixteen eggs ; eight at the firft, and 

 more as they advance in age *. 



Thele birds are common to Scandinavia^ Ger- 

 many, France, and feveral parts of the Jlps. In 

 our country I have feen one fpecimen at InvernefSy 

 a male, killed in the woods of Mr. Chifolme^ North 

 of that place. 

 Descrip. The length of the male is two feet eight inch- 



es ; the breadth three feet ten : its weight fome- 

 tim.es fourteen pounds. The female is much lefs, 

 the length being only twenty-fix inches; the breadth 

 forty. The fexes differ alfo greatly in colors. 

 The bill of the male is of a pale yellow : the noft- 

 rils are covered with dufky feathers: the head, 

 neck and back are elegantly marked, (lender lines 

 of grey and black running tranfverfely. The fea- 

 thers on the hind part of the head are long, and 

 beneath the throat is a large tuft of long feathers. 



* Sch^mnckfelt Aviarium Silejue. 372. 



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