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Petit Tt'lras, ou Coq de bruyere si queue fourchuc. Buff. Hiji. Nat. 



des Oif. 2. p. 210. t. G.— PL Enl. n. 172. 

 173. 



Black Cock, Black Game, or Black Grous. Ray. av. p. 53. 



n. 2.— Will. Orn. p. 173. t. 3\.—Albin. av. L 

 t. ( i L Z. — Lath. Syn. 11.2. p. 733. n. 3% 



No two fpecies of the fame genus can differ more conliderably 

 from each other than the male and female of the Black Grous. 

 The male is of a deep violet black ; the female a warm brown, va- 

 ried with cinereous and white, and marked throughout with black 

 Iranfverfe lines* 



The female is fmaller than the male, the length of the latter being 

 twenty-one inches, that of the female eighteen inches. 



The Black Grous inhabits northern countries, and becomes gradually 

 fcarce towards the fouth. They thrive well in the climate of the 

 north part of Britain, but are fo much an objecT: of requeft with the 

 fportfman, that they can never become abundant except in extenfive 

 domains where the brood can be protected. 



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