THE HAZEL GROUSE ^ 



The writer styles the bird the " Norwegian 

 hazel hen," and I am by no means sure 

 that he does not imagine it to be found in 

 Norway (and, of course, Sweden) alone. If 

 so, he is, of course, greatly mistaken. I 

 first came into contact with it — perhaps I 

 ought rather to say, it first came into 

 contact with shot from the barrels of my 

 gun — in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, 

 as related in the Field for Dec. 31, 1892. 

 Since then I have met it in most European 

 countries — as far south, indeed, as the 

 Balkan Provinces of Turkey, and, I dare 

 say, though I have no book of reference 

 at hand to verify the fact, that its range 

 extends to the Caucasus, and, perhaps, even 

 further to the southward and eastward. Be 

 that as it may, from the Arctic Circle to 

 Turkey is a long stretch. 



