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BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



Remarks. Resident. Notes : male, a loud coo- 

 ing, followed by a hissing sound ; female's response 

 plaintive. Local and other names : Black Game, 

 Heath Cock, Black Cock, Heath Poult, Grey Hen 

 (female), Brown Hen (female). Sits closely. 



GROUSE, RED. 



(Lagopus scoticus.) 

 Order GALLING ; Family TETRAONID.E (GROUSE). 



Description of Parent Birds. Length about 

 sixteen inches. Beak short, curved downward, and 



black. Irides 

 hazel. Above 

 the eye is a 

 scarlet, arched 

 membrane. 

 The dominat- 

 ing colour of 

 the head, neck, 

 back, wing, and 

 tail - coverts is 

 reddish - brown, 

 speckled and 

 barred with 

 black. Wing 

 and tail - quills 

 blackish-brown . 

 Chin and throat 



RED GROUSE ON NEST. i i i 



rich, dark 



chestnut-brown, unspotted ; breast dark red- 

 dish-brown, sometimes almost black ; belly, sides, 

 vent, and under tail-coverts light reddish-brown, 

 tipped with white. Legs and toes covered with 



