NATUUAI. HISTORY 
Of 
GALLINACEOUS BIRDS. 
TETBAONID^ OR OROUSE. 
In fulfilment of our promise Btated at the condu* 
Rjon o( the fast voluaie, we now proceed to consider 
aiiotlitr family among the Kasiores or Gallinaceous 
Birds— tlie Telra&nida or Grouse.* 
The TeiraonidfE or Grouse contain the principal 
part of lliosc hinls which, in sjiorting language, imve 
been called game. Very few of these have been do- 
mealicaied for the me of man, but their preservation 
in a wild ^tate, and mennF for an iibundant eaptare, 
hare In all aires eXfMri«;ed the ingenuity of the inha- 
bitant!! of civiliji^i'd di>itrict9, and at thm time form a 
large account in the luxuries of papulous cities ; while 
in ctJuntries in atitnteof purer nature, they are much 
used as a wholesome atid general fuotl. 
" Mr Selhy hna unfJcrtnken the description of tfie bcnu- 
tifa\ Cr)]unibid& or Ptgcnua; and Thirty Drawinga froin the 
pencil of Mr Luitr axe now in the hands of the eagraTer. 
