226 grous. 



old pine, with his tail spread, and quills lowered to the feet; the neck 

 protruded, and the head feathers ruffled ; when he makes a noise, not 

 unlike the whetting of a scythe, repeating it alternately, and so loud, 

 as to be heard a great way off, at the same time putting himself into 

 very strange attitudes ; to this call the females attend, more or fewer, 

 as they are within hearing, and he continues so to do till the end of 

 March, or beginning of April. The food consists of many kinds of 

 plants, grains, and the young buds of trees ; but above all, the seeds 

 of pine and fir; and sometimes they wholly strip one tree of its cones, 

 while the next remains untouched. 



We find the greatest number of these birds in Russia and Siberia, 

 in all the woods in the northern parts, especially the pine forests: 

 also about Moscow, and St. Petersburg!), from whence they are sent 

 with White Hares, Ptarmigans, &c. to London, as presents, during 

 the cold season, and for the most part they arrive in good condition 

 for the table, the flesh being much esteemed. 



We are informed that there is a Variety, much smaller than the 

 Common Sort.* 



2.— SHARP-TAILED GROUS. 



Tetrao Phasianellus, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 635. Lin. i. 273. 1. Var. /3. Gm. Lin. i. p. 747. 



Phil. Trans, lxii. 425. 

 Tetras Phasianelle, Temm. Pig. & Gall. Svo. iii. p. 152. 

 Coq de Bruyeres a longue queue, Bris. Sup. p. 9. Biif. ii. 2S6. III. Id. Sonnin. vi. 



p. 72. Tab. Enc. Orn. 196. pi. 91. f. 1. 

 Francolin & longue queue, Hearn. Voy. p. 386. 



Sharp-tailed Grous, Arct. Zool.U. No. 181. Frank!. Narr. App. 680. 

 Long-tailed Grous, Gen. Syn. iv. 732. Id. Sup. 212. Edw. pi. 117. Phil. Trans, lxii. 



394. & 426. 



THIS is rather larger than a Pheasant; length eighteen inches; 

 breadth twenty-five; weight two pounds. Bill black; irides hazel ; 



* Mr. Pennant. It is observed that birds of the Grous Tribe are smaller in Lapland, 

 than more towards the south ; perhaps owing to a greater degree of cold.— Amcen. ac. iii. p. 

 162. Whether this small Variety is most frequent in the northern parts is not said. 



