HAZEL GROUSE. 
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on the borders of the Lalce 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 underwood of a 
pine forest. The moulting of the Hazel Grouse takes 
place at Nikolajev Posten in August and September. 
On the 23rd. 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 speci- 
mens sent me from Sweden by Mr. Wheelwright. 
The bird has also been figured by Aldrovandus, 
Ornith., pi. 82; Stor, Degli Uccelli, pi. 238, (male;) 
Buffon, pi enh, 474-479; Poux, Ornith. Prov., pi. 254; 
Bouteil, Ornith. du Dauph, pi. 41; Naumann, Vogel 
Deutsch., pi. 158; Gould, B. of E., pi. 250. 
