146 British Birds y 



ORDER.— PTEROCLETES. 



FAMILY.— PTEROCLIDiE. 



SAND ^'K0'\5^'^—{Surrhaptes paradoxus). 

 It has appeared in large numbers on two or three 

 occasions. 



ORDER.— GALLINiE. 

 FAMILY L— TETRAONID^. 



CAPERCAILLIE— (r^/m^ urogallus). 



Cock of the Woods, Wood Grouse, Cock of the 

 Mountain, Great Grouse, Capercailzie, Capercally. — 

 An indigenous inhabitant of this country, but one 

 which had become, or was becoming, extinct, a few 

 years ago. Now it is becoming comparatively abun- 

 dant again on the estates of several large and noble 

 owners, principally in Scotland. It is indeed a very 

 noble bird, and well worthy the care and attention 

 and expense which have been devoted to the attempt 

 to re-establish it. The female makes her nest on the 

 ground, and lays from six to ten or twelve eggs. These 

 are of a pale reddish-yellow brown, spotted all over 

 with two shades of darker orange brown. — Fig. 3, 

 plate VL 



BLACK GROUSE— (r^/r«^ tetrix). 

 Black Cock, Black Game, Heath Cock, Heath Poult, 



