BLACK GROUSE. 



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it had been seen several times on the wing by persons 

 who imagined it to be a wild Turkey. Pheasants and 

 Black Grouse are numerous in the surrounding planta- 

 tions ; but this was the only bird of the kind that had been 

 observed. 



In December, 1837, Mr. John Leadbeater exhibited at 

 the Zoological Society a male hybrid betwen the Pheasant 

 and Black Grouse. It was observed that this was the 

 third specimen which had been sent to the Society for ex- 

 hibition within a comparatively short space of time. The 

 first bird, from Cornwall, was more of a Grouse in appear- 

 ance than a Pheasant ; the second, Mr. Eyton's bird, from 

 Shropshire, was more Pheasant-like ; but the present bird 

 was decidedly intermediate, exhibiting characters belonging 



