92 THE GROUSE IN HEALTH AND IN DISEASE 



former Tables, and confirm the view that the figures given in 

 Table II. for July and November 1906 were abnormal, and prob- 

 ably due to exceptional circumstances. 



The total number of specimens examined for the purpose 

 of drawing up Table IV. was four hundred and thirty-six, 

 including the two hundred and eighty-seven already included 

 in Tables II. and III. ; but in 1907 the specimens were not quite 

 so well distributed as in the earlier period. 



TABLE IV. COMPARISON OF MONTHLY AVERAGES OF CROP CONTENTS COVERING 



Two YEARS. 



The results of this Table have also been given in the form 

 of a chart for purposes of comparison. 1 



The strain upon the vitality of the Grouse in the winter 

 months is intensified by the fact that a greater bulk of food 

 is required by each bird per day than is required during the 

 summer. 



1 Vide p. 93. 



