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SCRAPERS; OB, POULTRY TRIBE. 

 CHAPTER III. 



GROUSE. The Capercailzie, or Cock of the Wood Descrip- 

 tion of this bird in his native Norwegian forests The 

 Black Grouse Inhabits the Scotch hills Courage of the 

 female in defence of her young The Red Grouse, or 

 Moor-fowl An exclusively British Bird Inhabits the 

 Highlands of Scotland The Ptarmigan, or White Grouse 

 -A hardy mountaineer Numbers imported from Lapland 

 and Norway, for sale Linnaeus' s account of the Ptarmigan 

 in Lapland. 



OF GROUSE, we have four kinds : the noble CAPER- 

 CAILZIE, or COCK OF THE WOOD, was formerly abundant 

 in the mountainous forests of Scotland and Ireland ; 

 and, after having been extirpated for more than 

 half a century, it has been recently restored in 

 one district of Scotland. Its re-introduction was 

 effected by the late Sir T. F. Buxton, who sent his 

 gamekeeper to Norway for it, and presented the 

 birds which he brought over to the Marquis of 

 Breadalbane. 



This is the great game-bird of the North ; 

 essentially an inhabitant of the forest, delighting 

 in the pine-forests of Scandinavia and other pine- 

 growing districts of northern and eastern Europe, 

 and feeding on the leaves and tender shoots of 



