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CHAPTER XVIII. 



The Feathered Game of Norway. 



THE " Tetraonidse," with the exception of the red 

 grouse, so common in Great Britain, are found in 

 most parts of Norway. The word f< sport," however, 

 as it is understood in England, is inapplicable to this 

 country. There is not much shooting here, and the 

 sportsman considers himself fortunate when he bags 

 his ten or fifteen brace of birds in a single day. He 

 will have to go far, and fare roughly before he even 

 succeeds in doing that ; but the healthy exercise and 

 fine mountain air to be had in Norway are so invigo- 

 rating to the constitution that no true sportsman will 

 regret the time, trouble, and expense, which a sojourn 

 in this country has cost him. 



Hybrids, interesting to naturalists, are frequently to 

 be met with in Norway. There is a hybrid, a cross 

 between the blackcock and the female capercaillie ; 

 another between the white grouse, or Type, and the 

 gray hen. The hybrids will be described more fully 

 when we come to them. 



The common partridge (Perdix cinerea), called in 



