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CAME BIRDS. 



THE BED GROUSE. 



" Wildly majestic ! What is all the pride 

 Of flats, with loads of ornament supplied ? 

 Unpleasant, tasteless, impotent expense, 

 Compared with Nature's rude magnificence." 



THE RED GROUSE, GORCOCK, OR MOORCOCK, 



Is found in great plenty in the wild, heathy, and mountainous 

 tracts of the northern counties of England ; it is likewise common 

 in "Wales, and the Highlands of Scotland ; and in all the heath- 

 clad'bogs and mountains in Ireland, they are found more or less 

 abundant. It is said to be peculiar to the British Isles, at the 

 same time, Buff on describes a variety, found in France, Spain, 

 Italy, and elsewhere, so nearly resembling our British red grouse, 

 that it is supposed they would breed together, the trial of which 



