RARER BRITISH BIRDS. 



25 oU 



ROCK GROUSE. 



Lagopus Rupestris. GMELIN. 



THIS bird appears to be one of those which are found both in 

 the American and European Continents; not being uncommon in 

 the neighbourhood of Hudson's Bay, in Norway, Sweden, Green- 

 land, France, and Italy; and was found by Captain Sabine in 

 Melville Island. Although it is to Pennant that we owe the 

 elevation of this bird to a species, it is to Joseph Sabine, Esq. 

 that the honour of having first enrolled it in our indigenous lists 

 belongs. The following is an extract from his MS. notes on it, 



NOTICE. 



In consequence of being able to supply more information 

 respecting the Rock Grouse, and also a cut, we cancel pages 

 25 and 26, and substitute the new pages at the end of this 

 Part in their stead. 



