226 A HANDBOOK OF EUROPEAN BIRDS. 
Adult (Autumn): Dangrupper parts, head, neck and 
chest pale grey, with black vermiculations. 
Adult Male (Winter) : Lores black ; tail-feathers greyish- 
black, white at their bases and tips ; shafts of primaries brown ; 
plumage otherwise pure white. The female usually has the 
lores white. 
Young in first plumage: Resemble the young of Red 
Grouse, but are greyer. 
Distribution: Resident in Scotland, the Lofoden Islands, 
and on the higher mountain ranges of Scandinavia, Central 
and Southern Europe, as well as in the Urals, Altai Moun- 
tains, &c. 
Habitat: Stony mountain-sides and tops, particularly 
among bilberry bushes. 
RED GROUSE. vs 
Lagopus scoticus (La/z.). 
Adult Male: Above deep chestnut-brown, vermiculated and 
otherwise marked with blackish; wing and outer tail-guzlls 
blackish-brown ,; sides of head, throat and chest more rufous 
than rest of plumage, and less marked; rest of under parts 
dark chestnut-brown, finely vermiculated with blackish-brown ; 
hair-like leg-feathers dull greyish ; a few feathers at base of 
lower mandible, and some of feathers on central abdomen 
tipped with white ; bill, dark horn-colour ; claws pale brown ; 
irides hazel-brown ; above the eyes a distinct scarlet wattle or 
comb. Length 15°5 to 16 inches; culmen 0°65; wing 8°2 to 
S75 5: tail 4:25; tarsus 2°75. 
Adult Female: Smaller than the male. Above much paler 
chestnut, and more spotted; beneath considerably paler and 
more of a yellowish-brown ; comb smaller. 
Young: Closely resemble adults according to the sex, but 
have more white feathers about the head and abdomen. 
Distribution: Peculiar to Great Britain. 
Habitat: Moorland districts. 
