TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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PREFACE TO POPULAR EDITION . . . . ix 



INTRODUCTION BY LORD LOVAT . . . Xvii 



PART I. THE GROUSE IN HEALTH 



CHAPTER 



I. THE CLASSIFICATION AND LIFE HISTORY OF THE 



GROUSE 1 



II. THE CHANGES OF PLUMAGE IN THE RED GROUSE 



IN HEALTH AND IN DISEASE .... 42 



PART I. PLUMAGE CHANGES IN THE COCK. 



PART II. PLUMAGE CHANGES IN THE HEN. 



PART III. LOCAL VARIATION IN THE PLUMAGE OF THE GROUSE. 



III. THE FOOD OF THE RED GROUSE .... 79 



PART I. OBSERVATIONS ON THE FOOD OF GROUSE, BASED ON 



AN EXAMINATION OF CROP CONTENTS. 

 PART II. THE INSECT FOOD OF GROUSE CHICKS, BASED ON 



AN EXAMINATION OF CROPS AND GIZZARDS. 



PART III. WATER. 



PART IV. GRIT. 



PART II. THE GROUSE IN DISEASE 



IV. CAUSES OF MORTALITY IN THE RED GROUSE . 113 



A. THOSE REFERABLE TO ARTIFICIAL CONDITIONS. 



B. THOSE REFERABLE TO NATURAL CAUSES. 



v. "GROUSE DISEASE" 151 



HISTORY OF " GROUSE DISEASE " WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE 

 WORK OF THE (< GROUSE DISEASE " INQUIRY IN RESPECT OF 

 PREVIOUS WORK DONE BY PROFESSOR KLEIN, DR COBBOLD, 

 AND OTHERS. 



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