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the subdued daylight, being well fitted for this 

 nocturnal chase by the softness of its plumage, 

 which contributes to render its flight noiseless, like 

 that of an owl. The nest is built of sticks, on a 

 high tree standing on low moist alluvial land. 

 The eggs, three or four in number, are of a light 

 colour slightly marked with light brown. 



CAPEECAILLIE. 

 WOOD GROUSE, OR COCK OF THE WOOD. 



TETEAO UEOGALLUS, Mon. 



This noble bird, the largest of the Grouse species, 

 was formerly found in the high mountainous 

 regions of Scotland, parts of North Wales, and 

 also in Ireland. It is never seen now, however, 

 in these countries 5 the last of the species appears to 

 have been killed about the same period in the two 

 kingdoms, namely about a century ago, when 

 one was shot in Scotland and another in Ireland. 

 Within the last twenty years considerable trouble 

 has been taken by a few noblemen to reintroduce 

 these magnificent birds into the forests of Scotland, 

 and they have succeeded to a limited extent. It 

 is found now in Norway, Sweden, Eussia, and 

 other northern countries, frequenting wooded 

 mountainous districts and forests of pine, and feed- 

 ing upon the leaves and tender shoots of the Scotch 

 fir, berries of different kinds, and the buds of the 

 birch. It breeds in the larger forests, where it 

 remains all the year. The female makes her nest 



