feathered like the female till after the firft moult, when 

 the cocks begin to change eolour ; but they do not affume 

 their full plumage till after the fecond feafon, and frequently 

 when the eggs have been hatched under the common hen, they 

 do not ever attain their full colour : the young keep together 

 with the parents till the enfuing fpring. 



After the breeding feafon, the males peaceably alTociate in 

 confiderable numbers ; when they are eafily decoyed by the 

 poacher into fnares, by imitating the call of the hen ; and we 

 have been informed, that as many as fifty have been taken in 

 the fhort fpace of two days by this means, in Yorkfhire. The 

 provincial names of this fpecies are Heath Poult, Heath 

 Cock, Black Cock, Black Game, and the female is in fome 

 parts known by the name of Grey Efen, 



We are indebted for our fpecimens to A.Harrison, Efq. 



