8o THE HAZEL GROUSE 



flavour to all kinds of game. The hazel 

 grouse Is also a peculiarly handsome bird. 

 I know no wing more effective in a lady's 

 travelling hat than his, save, and except, 

 that of the painted snipe. The colouring 

 of the breast and sides is very beautiful 

 and would make lovely trimming, and even 

 the loose feathers thereof make a collar or 

 boa much handsomer, to my mind, than the 

 dyed things sold in shops. But now it is 

 time to look at the other side of the picture. 

 I have found the hazel grouse exactly as 

 described by Sir Henry Pottlnger. Rarely, 

 indeed, does he rise at one's feet, and if he 

 does, he is off through the thick branches 

 like the proverbial "shot out of a shovel." 

 A woodcock in covert is a fool to him. 

 But follow him up noiselessly, and presendy 

 you will become aware of your game, un- 



