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G R O U S. 



13- 

 RED GROUS, 



Red Grous, Gett. Syn. iv. p. 746. 



JAM informed, that the neareft approach of this fpecies to- 

 wards thejouth, in this kingdom, is Staffordjhire* ; but it has 

 every where diminiflied in quantity, from the fame caufes as the 

 Black Grous. It is not fo commonly eaten in London as the laft- 

 mentioned, as the flefli much fooner corrupts. The ufual weight 

 of a male is eighteen or nineteen ounces ; but one has been killed, 

 near Richmond in Torkjhire, which weighed twenty-five*. This 

 fpecies has been known to breed in the menagerie of that noble 

 and intelligent naturalift and colleftor the late Dutchefs Doivager 

 of Portland. It was obferved to me, that (he efFefted this, in fome 

 meafure, by caufing frefh pots oi ling or heath to be placed in the 

 menagerie almoft every day. 



17. a. 

 REHUSAK GR. 



Description. 



Female. 



Place andMan- 



NEKS. 



Rehufac Grous, ArB. Zod. ii, p. 316. E. 



C I Z E of a fmall Hen. Neck ruft-coloured, fpotted with black : 

 back and tail coverts black, varied with rufty ftreaks : breaft 

 divided from the lower part of the neck by a dark fliade ; the reft 

 of the breaft and vent white. 



The Hen is fpotted with yellow : primaries white : tail black, 

 end whitifh : thighs white, marked with fome rufty fpots : legs 

 feathered down to the toes, which are covered with large brown 

 fcales. 



Inhabits the woods and alps 0^ Lapland; lays thirteen or four- 

 teen reddifh eggs, marked with long brown fpots : when difturb- 



• Mr. Tutifiall. 



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