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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 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 enl., 474-479; Pvoux, Ornith. Prov., pi. 254; 

 Bouteil, Ornith. du Dauph, pi. 41; Naumann, Yogel 

 Deutsch., pi. 15S; Gould, B. of E., pi. 250. 



