THE KLAOK fiROUSK* 



The Black Grouse, or Heath Cock, is only met with in uncultivated wastes, ^^•hil■h are 

 covered with heath and juniper. It feeds on the mountain and bog- hcrries, and when 

 these are scarce, on the tops of heath. This bird abounds in Xorlh ^^'ales and in the 

 Highlands of Scotland ; and they are found in the southern parts of England. 



" Good-mon-ow to tliy sable beak 

 And glossy plumage dark and .sleek, 

 Thy crimson moon and azure eye, 

 Cock of the heath, so wildh' shy: 

 I see thee slyly towering through 

 That wiry web of siher dew. 

 That twinkles in the morning' air. 

 Like oasenicnfs of my Indy fair. 



■ Tel 1 11(1 tclrix. 



