CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 295 



The species is widely distributed over the north- 

 ern half of the Eastern Hemisphere. 



The specimens in the case were shot at Glen- 

 beigh, CO. Kerry, in the same year as the Common 

 Snipe, and were selected as being the best. 



CASE 63. 



RED GROUSE, BLACK GROUSE, AxND 

 PTARMIGAN. 



Order, Gallmcs. Fmnily, Tetraonidcs . 



The Red Grouse. 



What memories of very happy days and associa- 

 tions do not these particular specimens recall ? I 

 had come from a trout fishing trip on the Island of 

 Benbecula, which is situated between North and 

 South Uist, where the country is treeless, wild, and 

 desolate to a degree ; nothing but a few crofters' 

 huts existing there to break the dull monotony of a 

 landscape little better than a combination of moor- 

 land, peat-bogs, and innumerable "tarns," or small 

 lochs. I say, I had just come from such a country 

 as this to find myself in one of the most beautiful 

 spots on the mainland of Scotland, that is Glenelg, 

 situated in the county of Inverness-shire, at the head 

 of the Sound of Sleat, and opposite to the Island of 

 Skye. Woodland and heather-clad mountains in 

 full bloom on every side ; certainly a wonderful 



