166 SPOUT IN NORWAY. 



others of the grouse tribe, the male capercalzie is 

 extremely pugnacious. 



' The best plan, perhaps, for securing sport either 

 among these birds, hjerper, or black game, is the 

 one adopted by the Bonder themselves. They use 

 a little dog which ranges rather widely, and which 

 commences to give tongue when on scent. The birds 

 then invariably perch close by, and the dog remains 

 barking at the foot of the tree in question till his 

 master comes up. 



A small-bored rifle is generally used, though as 

 regards the calibre the peasants are not particular ; for 

 to get the bird is with them the main object. Shot 

 guns, in fact, are but little known in the interior. 



The capercalzie are tiresome birds, because they run 

 so prodigiously, and when they do rise it is generally 

 out of shot. I would warrant them to spoil any 

 dog, however steady, in a very short time. 



During the summer the tiur lives as an old bachelor, 

 and will only be found in remote parts of the forest, 

 high up towards the fjelds. 



The BLACK GAME (Urbane) are very numerous in 

 parts of Norway, and as the reader must be perfectly 

 familiar with their habits it would be superfluous to 

 say much about them here. 



The cross between the black game and capercalzie is 

 by no means uncommon. It takes place, probably, be- 



