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Tetrao tetrix, Lin. Sy/l- i. p. 272. 2. — Faun. Suec. N° 202. — Scop. ann. lj 



N° i6r. — Bran. N° 196. 197. — Mullet, N° 222. — Frifch, pi, 109. — 



Kram el. p, 356. 2. — Georgi "eife. p. 172. 

 Le Coq de Bruyeres a queue fourclme, Brif. orn. i. p. 186. 2. 



• ou petit Tetras, Buf. oif. ii. p. 210. pi. 6. — PI. enl, 172. 173. 



Black Cock, Black Game, or Black Grous, Rati Syn. p. 53 A. 2. — Will ont. 



p. 173. pi. 31. — Albin. pi. 22. — Br. Zoo'l, i. N°93„-pl. 4.2. — Aril. 



Zeol, 



Br. Mi/. Lev. Muf. ''. 



•H BLACK GR. 



CIZE rather larger than- a Fowl : length twenty-four inches. 

 The bill is black : the whole body is alfo of a fine gloiTy blue 

 black: the wing coverts dufky brown: the four firft quills 

 black j the next white at the bottom : the lower half and tips of 

 the fecondaries, and the inner wing coverts, white: thighs and 

 legs dark brown ; on the firft fome white fpots : the tail confifts 

 of fixteen black feathers ;, the outer ones curve outwards, and the 

 ends are fquare ; the middle ones much fhorter, making the tail' 

 forked : the under tail coverts are white :. the legs and toes pec- 

 tinated, as in the laft ipecies. 



The female differs much from- the male,, as in the Wood Grous;-. 

 and is likewife much fmaller. 



This fpecies is common in. all the northern parts of Great 

 Britain, but efpecially in Scotland and Wales ; and fparingly fcat- 

 tered as one advances fouthu Affects woody and mountainous 

 places. Some are alfo. met with in Cumberland -, and they are in 

 tolerable plenty in the moors in Yorkjhire. They are alfo exceed- 

 ingly numerous in Stafford/hire, efpecially in Lord Pagefs do- 

 mains ; and in great plenty in the New Foreft oiHamfJhire, parti- 



DSSCRIPTI9K.- 



Female*- 



Place and ■ 

 Manners,; • 



