THE CAPERCAILZIE. 



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The mother birds, who are scattered in the forest, hear all this singing 

 and dancing, and they reply to it by a note very much like the croak of a 



THi; CAI'ERCAILZIE. 



raven, and utter the sound "gock, gock, gock." And they come to the tree 

 where the performance is going on. 



The nest of the capercailzie is made upon the ground, and there are 

 about twelve eggs in it, of a pale yellow brown spotted with orange. The 



