146 British Birds ^ 



ORDER.— PTEROCLETES. 



FAMILY.— PTEROCLID^. 



57 7/^ SAND GROUSE— (52/rr//^//^j paradoxus). 



It has appeared in large numbers on two or three 

 occasions. 



ORDER.— GALLING. 

 FAMILY L— TETRAONIDiE. 



/y-^', CAPERCAILLIE— (r^/r^^ urogallus). 



Cock of the Woods, Wood Grouse, Cock of the 

 Mountain, Great Grouse, Capercailzie, Capercally. — 

 An indigenous inhabitant of this country, but one 

 which had become, or was becoming, extinct, a few 

 years ago. Now it is becoming comparatively abun- 

 dant again on the estates of several large and noble 

 owners, principally in Scotland. It is indeed a very 

 noble bird, and well worthy the care and attention 

 and expense which have been devoted to the attempt 

 to re-establish it. The female makes her nest on the 

 ground, and lays from six to ten or twelve eggs. These 

 are of a pale reddish-yellow brown, spotted all over 

 with two shades of darker orange brown. — Fig. 3, 

 plate VI. 



iy3^ BLACK GROUSE— (r^/r^^ tetrix). 



Black Cock, Black Game, Heath Cock, Heath Poult, 



