The Willow Grouse. 



In " A Russian Province of the North," by Alexander Platono- 

 vich Engelhardt, Governor of the Province of Archangel, trans- 

 lated by H. Cooke, H.M. Consul at Archangel, the author writes 

 of Willow Grouse (" Koropatki") : " We brought back on the 

 Nordenskiold a cargo of 600 poods, or nearly ten tons, of these 

 wings. They are exported from Archangel to serve as trimmings 

 for ladies' hats. The white plumage has this special advantage, 

 among others that it can be dyed any colour, and in this way be 

 converted into the feathers of parrots, or any other bird, for 

 selling purposes." " The glossy skins of Black-throated Divers' 

 necks are also, to my knowledge," says Mr. Harvie-Brown, the 

 well-known ornithologist, " sold in vast quantities at Archangel 

 for trimmings. Is it not shameful that such birds, even if ctill 

 abundant as ' Koropatki,' should be killed simply for their 

 plumage ? " 



