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BLACK GROUSE. 



being beautifully marked with fine black pencillings. 

 The legs and feet are covered with greyish white 

 feathers, and as with the Ptarmigan there is a similar 

 patch of bare red skin over the eye. 



The Red Grouse can be kept in confinement and 

 has been known to breed under these circumstances. 



BLACK GROUSE. 



TETRAO TETRIX. 

 Family PHASIANID^E. Genus TETRAO. 



Black Cock Heath Cock Black Game Birch Hen (female) 

 Grey Hen. 



The Black Cock, formerly resident in all suitable 

 districts of Great Britain, is now chiefly confined to 

 the North. However, it is resident in some districts 

 of the South, such as the New Forest, and in various 

 other parts has been re-introduced, though in many 

 of these it is decreasing. 



