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BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE WOOD GROUSE. 



COCK OF THE WOOD, OR CAPERCAII.E. 



(Tetrao Urogallus, Einn. Tctras aurhan^ Ternm/, 



THIS bird is nearly three feet in length, and four 

 in breadth, and weighs from ten to fifteen pounds. 

 The bill is very strong, convex, and of a light horn 

 colour; over each eye there is a naked skin, of a 

 bright red: the eyes are hazel; the nostrils small, 

 and almost hid under a covering of short feathers, 

 which extend under the throat, and are there much 

 longer than the rest, and black; the head and neck 



