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DESCRIP. 
G Ro f° B Crass If. 
It inhabits wooded and mountanous countries ; 
in particular, forefts of pines, birch trees and ju- 
nipers; feeding on the tops of the former, and ber- | 
ries of the iatter; the farft infedts often the flefh 
with fuch a tafte, as to render it fcarcely eatable. 
In the fpring it calls the females to its haunts with ~ 
a loud and fhrill voice; and is at that time fo ve- 
ry inattentive to its fafety, as to be very eafily 
fhot. It ftands perched on a tree, and defcends 
to the females on their firft appearance. ‘They lay 
from eight to fixteen eges ; eight at the firft, and 
more as they advance in age *. 
Thefe birds are common to Scandinavia, Ger- 
many, France, and feveral parts of the Abs. In 
our country I have feen one fpecimen at Invernefs, 
a male, killed in the woods of Mr. Chi/olme, North 
of that place. : 
The length of the male is two feet eight inch- 
es; the breadth three feet ten: its weight fome- 
times fourteen pounds. ‘The female is much lefs, 
the length being only twenty-fix inches; the breadth’ 
forty. The fexes differ alfo greatly in colors. 
The bill of the male is of a pale yellow: the nof- 
rils are covered with dufky feathers: the head, 
neck and back are elegantly marked, flender lines 
of grey and black running tranfverfely. The fea- 
thers on the hind part of the head are long, and 
beneath the throat is a large tuft of long feathers. 
* Schwenckfelt Aviarium Silefe. 372. 
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