The Capercatzie. 



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Like the Capercalzie, or Cock of the Woods, a larger 

 species of this genus, these birds are common in Eussia, 

 Siberia, and other northern countries, chiefly in wooded 

 and mountainous situations ; and in the northern parts 

 of our own island on uncultivated moors. 



THE CAPERCALZIE, (Tetrao urogallus,) 



WAS also formerly an inhabitant of the forests of Scot- 

 land, but has been extinct in Britain for many years. 

 The male is as large as a good-sized turkey, the female 

 considerably smaller. Several attempts have been made 

 to rear the Capercalzie, and domesticate it in this coun- 

 try, but without effect. They are now most numerous in 

 Sweden, where they are much esteemed as food. Of 

 late years they have been brought to the English market, 

 and are considered very good eating. 



