CH APT Ell VIII. 



The Hazel-Hen. — Widely diffused. — Desci-iptioii. — Accidental Varieties. 

 — Haunts and Food. — Breeding. — Domestication. — Naturalization 

 in England. — The most delicious of Northern Game Birds. — The 

 Pointer. — The Fogel-Hund. — Sagacity of the Dog. — The Hjcr|i-PijHi. 

 — Traps and Snare.'). 



^f^IIE Hazel-Heu, Hazel-Grouse, or Gelinotte {Ujerpe, 

 -*~ Sw. and Norw.; Tetrao Bonasia, Linn.; Bonaski 

 Enropma, Auct.), was scarce in my neighbourhood, which 

 is also the ease throughout the southern portion of Scan- 

 dinavia, where it is confined to a few districts far distant 

 from each other. In the extreme south of Sweden, 

 indeed, there are none, which may be attributed to extir- 

 pation in former times. In all the northern parts of the 

 peninsula, howevei", as high up certainly as Muonioniska 

 in Lapland, lat. 68'^, these birds are comjiaratively 

 abundant ; and though found on the fjtill sides, they do 

 not go so high up, it is said, as the CajDercali and the 

 Black-Cock. 



The Hazel-Hen dwells in many countries, being met 



