356 TEN YEAES IN SWEDEN. 



I never saw the ptarmigan off the true fells, nor in 

 the forests on their sides. They go to nest on the fells a 

 little later than the willow grouse. Southern range in 

 Scandinavia, the Dovre Fell. 



163. L. SCOTICUS, Gould. Mo Kipa. The Eed Grouse. 



Length, 16 in. The whole plumage, in both sexes, 

 chestnut brown variegated with black; tail with 

 sixteen feathers' the six outer ones on each side 

 dusky; the wing primaries at all seasons dusky 

 brown. 



Has lately been introduced into Sweden, and some pairs 

 have been turned out near Gothenburg. They have already 

 bred in a state of nature, and as they are to be preserved 

 by the king's order for some years, it is probable that the 

 red grouse will now be established in Scandinavia. 



Gen. Pterocles, Tern. 



Feet with short toes ; tarsi only feathered in front ; 

 tail conical, the two middle feathers much elongated, as 

 in the skua's. 



164. PTEEOCLES ALCHATA, Steph. The Pin-tailed Land 



Grouse. D. 



Length, to the end of the long thin tail feathers 

 (which extend 3 in. beyond the shorter feathers of 

 the tail), 13 in. Head, nape, and back, in male, 

 olive-green; upper tail coverts, red fawn, pencilled 

 with black ; throat black ; side of the neck, and a 

 band across the crop, dark fawn edged with black; 

 belly pure white. In the female the colours are much 

 duller. 



Was added to the Scandinavian "fauna in 1863, by 

 specimens killed in one of the eastern provinces, and 

 also in Denmark, when Europe was overrun by a flight 

 of these African birds. 



