28 CAPERCAILLIE. 



and all the upper parts are ochre brown, barred with black or dark brown. Front of 

 neck and breast are brownish orange. The breast feathers, narrowly edged with gray, 

 inside which is a slight band of black. Legs, covered with grayish brown feathers. 

 Toes and claws, pale brown. 



The young birds, of both sexes, resemble the female till the first moult, and the males 

 take three years to acquire the full adult plumage. 



The weight of the adult male, Mr. Lloyd says, varies much in different localities : 

 thus, in Lapland they seldom exceed nine or ten pounds; in Wermeland they will reach 

 thirteen pounds; while in the southern provinces of Sweden they will reach seventeen 

 pounds and upwards. 



The hen Capercaillie seldom much exceeds five or six pounds. 



In length the adult male Capercaillie will of course vary considerably; but its usual 

 length will be from two feet nine to three feet four inches. The females vary from one 

 foot ten to two feet two or three inches in length. 



