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STORIES ABOUT BIRL. 



swallowincj. So, in fact, the black grouse, like many of the family, goes 

 through a process that very much resembles chewing the cud. 



He does not wander far from his native haunts, and the least noise alarms 

 him. If a footstep approaches he flies off to some secret spot, and lies hidden 



THE lil.ACK-COCK. 



until the danger is past. He is found in many parts of England, as well as of 

 Scotland. Like his splendid relative the capercailzie, he has been driven from 

 one spot to another by the progress of men and cities and cultivation. But 

 there are some few spots remaining in which he dwells. Among the many 

 plantations in Northumberland, in the New Forest, Hampshire, and on the 



