The Red Grouse 



THIS is a most interesting bird. In the 

 first place, it is not found in a natural 

 state anywhere in the world excepting in 

 the British Islands, and in the second, it 

 is more prized by sportsmen than, perhaps, 

 any other bird that flies. 



The Red Grouse is found on all suitable 

 moors and heaths from the Orkney Islands 

 as far south as Staffordshire, in "\Y a l es > an( i 

 the peat bogs and moorlands of Ireland. 



It feeds upon the tender shoots of heather 

 and ling in the summer, and in the early 

 autumn is partial to oats, if any should 

 be grown near its haunts, and the seeds of 

 the buttercup. During severe weather, in 

 the winter, the Red Grouse descends from 

 the high snow-wreathed ground and may 

 sometimes be seen in hawthorn bushes 

 feeding upon the buds. 



This species is very talkative, especially 

 between dawn and sunrise on a fine frosty 



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