BLACK GROUSE 121 



found in packs, but in much smaller numbers, generally 

 under twenty." 



The eggs are from five or six to ten in number, of a 

 pale yellowish red or yellowish white colour, irregularly 

 spotted and dotted with reddish brown. They are laid in 

 May. Soon after the young birds are hatched they are 

 taken to the higher parts of the moorland, and will gener- 

 ally be found amongst rank and coarse herbage on boggy 

 ground, the food of the young birds chiefly consisting of 

 the seeds of the rushes. 



VOL. II. 



