314 SPURIOUS, AND BLACK GROUS. 



B. Spurious Gr. Tetrao Hybridus. Racklehane. Rojlagis Roflare, Faun^ Suec. N» 20E. 



r^R. With a fpotted breaft and forked tail. In fize equal to the 

 hen of the preceding. Is much fcarcer, more timid, and its note 

 very different. Linn<eus fays it is a mixed breed between the WcJOEt 

 and Black Grous j but his account of it is obfcure. 



C. Black Grous, 5r. ZW, i. N° 93. 

 Tettao i"% Plinii. 



Tetrao Tetrix, Orre, Faun. Suec N" 20Z» 



Le Petit Tetras oa Coq de Bruyere a queue forchue, De Buffoit, 11. 2io» — PI, Enl,- 

 172, 173. 



(^ R. With a white fpot on the fiioulders, and white vent fea- 

 thers : reft ofthe plumage of a full black, glofled with blue : 

 tail much forked, exterior feathers curling outwards. Weight near 

 four pounds. Length one foot ten inches.. 



Female weighs but two pounds. The tail' is flightl'y forked and-; 

 fiiort : the colors ruft, black, and cinereous. 

 Place. Inhabits Europe, as high as Lapland: extends over Ruji a and Si- 



hiria as far as birch-trees grow, of the catkins and buds of which; 

 it is very fond. Feeds much on the popuTus balfamifera;*^ which 

 gives its fiefh a fine flavor. In northern Europe, this and the lafl: 

 fpecies live during fummer on whortle-berries, and feed their young 

 with gnats. In fummer the males perch on trees, and'animate the, 

 forefts with their crowing. In winter they, lie on. the ground,, be- 

 come buried in the fnows, and form walks beneath,, in which . thejj; 



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