120 HAZEL GROUSE. 



Gorin, and Ussuri. In as great numbers did I find tlie Hazel Grouse 

 in the wildest parts of the Amoor Land, where it was by no means 

 shy. In the Nilcolajev Posten, and on the Hiver Tyrny, in Sachalin, 

 I have been able to shoot several times at a pair of individuals in a 

 tree before the others flew away. In Sachalin, and on the Gorin, they 

 flew up before us and kept in a circuit round about us. In summer, 

 when the noise of our movements roused them, they often settled down 

 on a tree close by the river, enabling us to shoot them from our 

 hiding-places. They were among the daily contents of our game-bag 

 in the Amoor Land, where, as well as in the Bay of Hadschi and 

 the snow-fields of Sachalin, they gave us as good sport as in the light 

 and sunny oak hedges on the Ussuri. 



*^In the summer of 1855 I found a nest with eggs on the borders 

 of the Lake of Kidsi. It was in a fir wood, at the foot of a tree, 

 concealed in the moss and brushwood. The eggs were of the usual 

 dark yellow, with many brown spots and points, and were hatched 

 on the 14th. of June. On the 28th. of July I met with a family just 

 fledged at Pachale, near the mouth of the Gorin, in the leafy under- 

 wood of a pine forest. The moulting of the Hazel Grouse takes place 

 at Nikolajev Posten in August and September. On the 2ord. of August 

 I found the moulting far advanced, and every wing and tail feather 

 freshly grown. It was quite concluded on the 1st. of October." 



My figures of this bird and its egg are from specimens sent me 

 from Sweden by Mr. Wheelwright. 



The bird has also been figured by Aldrovandus, Ornith., pi. 82; 

 Stor, Degli Uccelli, pi. 238, (male;) Buff'on, pi. enl., 474-479; Poux, 

 Ornith. Prov., pi. 254; Bouteille, Ornith. du Dauph, pi. 41; Naumann, 

 Vogel Deutsch., pi. 158; Gould, B. of E., pi. 251. 



