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GAME BIRDS AND SHOOTING-SKETCHES 



nearly so o-reat as in the ease of the Ptarmioan, whereas, 

 in my humljle opinion, the reyerse shoukl l^e the case. 



The o-reatest difficult^" in working^ out the Grouse 



plumage is the fact that many 



forms or tyj)es exist, both 



as res^ards the males and 



females, whilst the Ptarmioan 



THE DOUBLE FEATHER FOUND 

 IX GAME BIHDS. 



SHOWING MANNER IN WHICH 

 THE CLAWS ARE CAST. 



liaye but the two types common to all birds, namely, the 

 light and the dark. 



The following are the normal typical forms of 

 Grouse : — 



Males. The Black, the Red, and the White. 



