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found coveys near Quickjock; and, according to Von Wright, this bird extends its range in 

 Lapland to Kengis, and sometimes to Muonioniska. In Finland it is not rare, and, according to 

 Meyer, is common and resident in the Baltic provinces. It has not been as yet included among 

 the birds of Denmark ; but Kjserbolling believes that it is an inhabitant of Holstein, which was 

 formerly a province of that kingdom : this is stated by Mr. Lloyd in his ' Game-Birds of Sweden 

 and Norway' (p. 113). 



Naumann says that it is common in some parts of Prussia, Poland, and Hungary, but in 

 Austria, Bohemia, and Silesia it is rare. In Bavaria, in the Odenwald, in Thuringia, and 

 the Harz it occurs occasionally. In Germany it is resident, but in the autumn travels from 

 one place to another, occasionally travelling some distance. They generally wander in 

 families, sometimes in large flocks, which, however, do not keep" close together. Towards the 

 spring they return to their old haunts and separate into pairs. In the more recent work by 

 Herr Borggreve, on the distribution of birds in Germany, the present species is recorded as 

 resident, having about the same range as Tetrao urogallus, but more numerous where the latter 

 is rare or wanting, on the mountains on the left side of the Rhine ; whereas in the mountains of 

 the Weser, where the Capercailzie is comparatively numerous, the Hazel-Grouse is almost killed 

 out. Schlegel states that in Holland it has been seen at Groningen and near Nymegen, and De 

 Selys-Longchamps observes that in Belgium it is rarer than the Blackcock in the same localities. 

 It inhabits the wild forests of the Ardennes, near the Prussian frontier ; near Malmedi it is 

 commoner. In autumn it sometimes straggles as far as Liege, following along the woods on the 

 banks of the Ourthe. 



Our friend Mr. Carl Sachse, of Coblentz, tells us that in that neighbourhood " it is found in 

 tolerable numbers in the hill-country where underbrush is to be seen, and always near ravines 

 which contain springs ; and when the pairs frequenting such a locality are killed they are soon 

 replaced by others. With us they breed in April ; but I have received eggs in June, the first 

 sitting having probably been destroyed : the bird can easily be taken on the nest. In the 

 middle of September, when the cold sets in, they wander, and are found in localities where they 

 are not met with at other seasons, and which are not suitable to their habits. At this season they 

 are stupid and easy to catch. Three were killed in the garden of an hotel here ; and another flew 

 through an open window and broke its neck against an arm-chair ; it could scarcely have been 

 scared by a Hawk, as none was visible at the time. 



Kroener notices the Hazel-Grouse as occurring in the Vosges Mountains ; and, in addition to 

 this locality, MM. Jaubert and Barthelemy record it as an inhabitant of the Pyrenees and Alps. 

 Bailly, in his excellent work on the ornithology of Savoy, remarks as follows : — " The Gelinotte 

 inhabits more especially the alpine forests of Switzerland and Germany, the wooded mountains 

 of the Pyrenees, the Vosges, Dauphine, and the Basses- Alpes. In Savoy it is found throughout 

 the year, more particularly in the mountainous parts of la Tarantaise, Haute-Savoie, and 

 Faucigny ; near Chambery it is rare, but is rather more numerous in the forests of Bauges and in 

 the woods of the neighbouring mountains of Chautagne, Bumilly, and Annecy." 



Seidensacher says it is by no means rare in the mountain-forests near Cilli, in Styria, 

 breeding in April, and laying from six to nine eggs. Count C. Wodzicki writes respecting its occur- 

 rence in the Carpathian Mountains of Galicia as follows: — "In the beech-woods, especially in 



