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The Capercaillic appears to have an extensive geographical 

 range. North of the British Islands, M. Necker says it is 

 found in Jutland. Mr. Lloyd says it is found generally over 

 Scandinavia as far north as the pine forests extend, which is 

 almost as far as North Cape ; but is becoming rare in the 

 southern parts. It is found in Russia and Siberia ; in Livo- 

 nia, in Poland, and Germany. M. Temminck says it is found 

 in Hungary, that it is rare in France, and is never seen in 

 Holland. M. Vieillot, a Continental authority, states that it 

 is met with on the Alps, the Pyrennees, in Auvergne, in 

 Dauphigny, in the forests on the mountains of Ardennes, in 

 Upper Alsace, in Lorraine, in Italy, in Greece, and in Tar- 

 tary. M. Temminck also says that it has been known as far 

 south as some of the islands of the Grecian Archipelago. 



The adult male has the beak of a whitish horn colour ; the 

 irides hazel ; over the eye a semilunar patch of naked skin 

 which is bright scarlet ; plumage of the head, the neck in 

 front and behind, the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts, 

 minutely freckled with greyish white on a brownish black 

 ground ; the feathers of the crown of the head and on the 

 throat rather elongated ; wing-coverts and wings freckled with 

 light brown on a darker brown ground ; the depth of the tint 

 depending on the greater age of the bird ; quill-feathers dark 

 chestnut brown ; tail-feathers nearly black, with a few greyish 

 white spots ; some of the longer and lateral upper tail-coverts 

 tipped with white ; the chest of a fine shining dark green ; 

 breast black, with a few white spots ; flanks and under tail- 

 coverts greyish black, spotted with white ; under wing-coverts 

 white, a small patch appearing on the outside near the shoul- 

 der ; thighs grey ; legs feathered with darker grey ; toes and 

 claws black. 



The whole length of the male described, three feet four 

 inches. From the carpal joint to the end of the wing sixteen 

 inches : the first feather two inches shorter than the second, 



