TETHAO TETRIX. (linn.) 

 Black Grous. 



The Black Grous, the egg of which, a variety, with the 

 spots unusually large, is represented at Fig. 2 of the accom- 

 panying Plate, breeds abundantly in various parts, especially 

 the north of England, and in Scotland ; it makes its nest some- 

 times amongst the heath, at other times in young plantations, 

 and lays from eight to ten eggs. Various experiments have 

 been tried to introduce the Black Game into districts where 

 they were not naturally met with, many of them without suc- 

 cess, and in situations which appear in every way favourable, 

 and similar to those where they are in great abundance. 



