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the subdued daylight, being well fitted for this 
nocturnal chase by the softness of its plumage, 
which contributes to render its flight noiseless, like 
that of an owl. The nest is built of sticks, on a 
high tree standing on low moist alluvial land. 
The eggs, three or four in number, are of a light 
colour slightly marked with heht brown. 
CAPHRC ALLEL LE: 
Woop Grousg, or Cock or THE Woop. 
TETRAO UROGALLUS, Mon. 
This noble bird, the largest of the Grouse species, 
was formerly found in the high mountainous 
regions of Scotland, parts of North Wales, and 
also in Ireland. It is never seen now, however, 
in these countries ; the last of the species appears to 
have been killed about the same period in the two 
kingdoms, namely about a century ago, when 
one was shot in Scotland and another in Ireland. 
Within the last twenty years considerable trouble 
has been taken by a few noblemen to reintroduce 
these magnificent birds into the forests of Scotland, 
and they have succeeded to a limited extent. It 
is found now in Norway, Sweden, Russia, and 
other northern countries, frequenting wooded 
mountainous districts and forests of pine, and feed- 
ing upon the leaves and tender shoots of the Scotch 
fir, berries of different kinds, and the buds of the 
birch. It breeds in the larger forests, where it 
remains all the year. The female makes her nest 
