IDS 
GROUSE. 
By the word Grouse, we, in general langtiagn, an- 
most apt to associate our idem with the common 
IVf uirfowL But in the tccbnicul terms of Onuthu- 
logy, the generic name Grome and Teirao is re- 
stricted to tliOHe hearing the form of tlte EuropcBTi 
wooU-grouM*, Dusky grouse of America, &c. They 
are the lar^^est birds of the family, of a very round 
and powerful form, and frequent heatliy forests in 
preference to the wild and open uiuir, perch and of- 
ten roost on trees, where young shoots and tender 
\mk ako supply them witli food ; and although the 
\^ ate plumed with short feathers, the toes are 
naked. Ttie tail is composetl of broad feathers and 
is proportiotially long and rounded. TSiey are most- 
ly polygamous, and the females and young differ 
considerably from the males, the plume^e of the for^ 
naer being shades of brown and tawny, with black 
bars and markings, the colours of the latter dislri- 
Imted in broad mas«eH of black, gWsf^^' green or steel- 
blue, and deep hrovvn. They inhabit North Ame- 
rica and Europe, those of the latter country extend- 
ing into Northern Asia. 
