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THE WOOD GROUSE OR CATERCAILZIE- 
Tetrao urogntim, — Xj^mmm* 
Tetrao Jiiogttllus» Liniyem. — WckhI Grquae, P^nan*.— Te- 
tras auerhao, Temrninck, Mantt^l^ iu p. 457. 
PLATE XIII. 
At the head of this section we place the caper* 
raibie — the "giant grouse" as he is somewhere 
terroetl. First in dize and first in noble hearing, his 
Ntrong and liookec! bill and rohu<4t furin resemble 
more a hini of prey than me of the Galllnsp. Tfie 
capercailzie was certainly the noblest of the British 
feathered game, hut ilie attributes of strength, fiize, and 
beauty, have proved liis destruction, and they have 
been for many years estinct. In ancient times ihey 
were toleralily abundant in the piimeva! forests of 
Scotland and Ireland. From the latter they appear 
to have been entirely extirpatett at a very early pe- 
riod; while in Scotland the destruction was more 
gradual, bat they dwindled away, and the last spe- 
cinien is recorded from fifty to sixty years since to 
have been killed in the neighbourhood of Inverness. 
There is, however, a proi^pect of the species being 
again introiiuced to the Scottish forestSt and the fol- 
lowing interesting account of the attempta which 
