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BED GEOUSE 



RED GAME. MOOR COCK. GOR COCK. 



Laffopm Scotieus, ..... Yietllot. 

 Tetrao Scotieus, .... LiiHAir. 



Tetras rouge, ..... Tesmtn-ck. 



Lagopus. Lagos — A hare. Pous — A foot. Scotieus — Of or belonging to Scotland. 



We are not, we believe, singular in regretting that this bird, an exclusive inhabitant 

 of the British Isles, including, of course, Ireland, does not bear the title of Britannicus 

 instead of Scotieus; the former would accurately describe its habitat, while the latter clearly 

 perpetuates error; for, although Scotland certainly possesses it, so also do England, "Wales, 

 and Ireland, and each might with eqnal propriety claim the honour of having its name 

 attached to this admirable and universally-esteemed Game Bird. Scotieus, however, 

 appears to have been the originally-given specific name, and we would be the last to 

 infringe on the rights of priority, and therefore place it as that by which the bird 

 shonld be designated. 



The Bed Grouse, or, as it may be simply called, 'par excellence,' the Grouse, is very 

 generally distributed over these Islands wherever suitable heathy districts prevail. It 

 occurs as far south as the New Forest, in Hampshire, and in some parts of the west 

 of England, in Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Durham, Westmoreland, 

 Cumberland, and Northumberland, in more or less plenty, and is very abundant in all 

 the wild districts so prevalent among the Highlands of -Scotland. 



The mountainous districts of South Wales are supplied with it, but not in any great 

 abundance. 



In Ireland it is generally distributed over the wild tracts of heathy country prevalent 

 in so many parts of the island. Although not in the abundance in which it is found 

 in Scotland, it is, we believe, prettv fairly distributed, so that a reasonable day's sport 

 may usually be calculated on wherever the birds are found. 



The Moor Cock, as a bird for the table, is greatly superior to any of the other 

 British Grouse, and indeed can hardly, we think, be equalled by any other Game Bird; 



