From ‘Tue Ists,’ for April 1879. 
TETRAO UROGALLUS, Linn. 
The Capercailzie was not nearly so common as the Black 
Grouse; but I succeeded in obtaining two males and two 
females. I shot the first female on the 29th of April. In 
this bird the feathers on the feet extended halfway down the 
last joint of the toes, within a quarter of an inch of the claws. 
The second example was shot on the 10th of June; and the 
feathers on the feet extended only halfway down the first 
joint of the toes, nearly an inch and a half from the claws. 
The crops of these birds were full of the spine-like leaves of 
the cedar and Scotch fir. I saw no trace of 7. urogalloides. 
TeTRAO TETRIX, Linn. 
Black Grouse were common during our stay at Koo- -~ray’- . 
i-ka. They appeared to find abundance of food in the buds 
of the birch and hazel in the severest weather. It was not 
an uncommon thing to see half a dozen of them in one tree 
together. We saw no more of them after passing the limit 
of forest-growth. 
TrrrastTEs BONASIA (Linn.). 
I shot the first pair of Hazel-Grouse on the 3rd of May, 
and occasionally picked up a pair afterwards. On the 25th 
of June I took a nest with eight eggs. These birds were very 
easy to shoot. When disturbed from the ground they took 
refuge in a tree, where they allowed themselves to be easily 
stalked, not appearing to be alarmed at the rattling of my 
snow-shoes on the hard crust of the snow. The sailors told 
me they had been common in the autumn, but had disappeared 
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