228 grous. 



and very juicy. The bird is called by the natives, Oc-kiss-covv, or 

 Aukuskovv. Linnaeus conjectures it to be a Variety of the Wood 

 Grous, but, independent of its being so much less in size, the tail 

 being cuneiform, and that of the Wood Grous even at the end, it 

 makes a truly specific distinction. Besides, our Great Grous is not 

 found at all on the American Continent. 



3. -BLACK GROUS. 



Tetrao Tetrix, Lid. Orn. ii. 635. Lin. i. 274. Faun. suec.~ No. 202. Id. Retz. No. 



184. Gm. Lin. i. 748. Scop. i. No. 196. Brim. No. 196, 197. Muller, No. 



222. Frisch, t. 109. Kramer, 356. Georgi, 172. Sepp, Vog. t. p. 165. Borowsk. 



ii. 182. Gerin. ii. 82. t. 233,234, 235. Tern. Man. d'Orn. 289. Id. Ed. 8vo. ii. 



p. 460. Id. Pig. Sf Gall. iii. p. 140. 

 Urogallus minor, Bris. i. 186. Id. 8vo. i. 52. Klein, Av. 116. II. Id. Stem. 25. t. 27. 



f. 2. a. b. Id. Ov. 33. 1. 15. f. 3. Raii, 53. A. 2. Will. 124. t. 31. Robert, Ic. 



pi. 17. Johnst. Av. pi. 25. f. 3. Gesn. Av. 1617. pi. p. 437, 438 ? 

 Coq de bruyeres a queue fourchue, Buf. ii. 210. pi. 6. PI. enl. 172, 173. Hist. Prov. 



ii. 336. 

 Birkhahn, Gunth. Nest. u. Ey. t. 34. Naturf. xvii. 70. 

 Das Birkhuhn, Beckst. Bents, iii. 4S3. Id. Ed. ii. V. 3. 133S. Schmid, Vog. p. 201. 



t. 88. 

 La Gelinotte, Buf. ii. p. 233. PL enl. 474, 475. 

 Black Grous, Black Cock, Black Game, Gen. Syn. iv. 733. Id. Sup. p. 213. Br. 



Zool. i. No. 93. pi. 42. Id.fol. S5. pi. M. 1. 2. Id. Ed. 1812. i. p. 352. pi. 46. 



Arct. Zool. ii. 314. C. Will. Engl. 173. pi. 31. Alb. i. pi. 22. Bewick, Birds, i. 



pi. p. 298. Lin. Trans, viii. 269. Lewin, Birds, iv. pi. 133. Id. pi. xx. No. 2. 



the egg. Wale. Birds, ii. pi. 181. Donov. Birds, pi. 97. Pult.Dors. Rural 



Sports, ii. pi. p. 413. Orn. Diet, fy Supp. Graves's Br. Orn. ii. — male & female. 



THIS is larger than a Fowl ; length twenty-four inches, weight 

 as far as four pounds. Bill dusky ; irides hazel ; plumage in general 

 fine glossy blue black ; wing coverts dusky brown ; the four first 

 quills black; the next white at bottom ; the lower half, the tips of 

 the secondaries, and the inner wing coverts white ; thighs and legs 

 dark brown ; the former with a few white spots ; the tail has sixteen 

 glossy black feathers; the four exterior ones curve outwards, and 



