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TETRAONID.E. 



' Skandinavisk Fauna.' Females are either rarer, or, from 

 their similarity to the hens of both species, they are over- 

 looked ; they may, however, he recognized hy the shape of 

 the tail, which is perfectly square at the end, whereas in 

 the Capercaillie hen it is rounded, and in the Grey-hen 

 it is slightly forked. The Rakkelfogel are not believed to 

 breed amongst themselves, says Mr. Lloyd, but the males 

 resort to the Lek of the Black-game and disperse the cocks ; 

 and at the Lek of the Capercaillie, they flit from tree to tree 

 and disturb the Spel, for which reasons they are always shot 

 as speedily as possible by Scandinavian sportsmen. In 

 Scotland they have already made their appearance, and it is 

 probable that they existed there in former times contempo- 

 raneously with the Capercaillie. 



Full descriptions and illustrations of every way of shoot- 

 ing and snaring the Capercaillie will be found in Mr. Lloyd's 

 ' Game Birds ; ' but the following description of a trap 



