TETRAONID/E. 



THE RED GROUSE. 



Lagopus scoticus (Latham). 



This species, indigenous only to the Uiitish Islands, is our repre- 

 sentative of the Willow-Grouse (Z. ti!l>i/s), the latter inhabiting the 

 northern portions of Europe, Asia and America. In Scotland, 

 from which the Red (jrouse derives its specific name, it is gene- 

 rally distributed over the moors of the mainland, from the highest 

 point where ling {Callitiui) and heath {Erica) flourish down to the 

 coast-line, being also found in the Inner and most of the Outer 

 Hebrides ; while remarkably fine specimens are produced in the 

 Orkneys, though introduction has hitherto proved a failure in the 

 Shetlands. In England this bird is found from the northern 



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