THE WOOD OROtrse OR CAFEftCAILZlE, 117 
iJfto not so (ItffittiU. Npither is llift season attended 
to, for in Norway pjirticuiarly, the female is sorae- 
titneH allot from her nest* 
In fidcUiion to what hm been given of tlic Imbit^ 
of this noble bird, it will be interesting to insert the 
following from Lloyd's " Northern Field Sports." 
*' The ca|>errailzie is often rlomesticated in Swe- 
den ; indeed, at both Uddeholm and Uisater, a«i well 
as in oilier places, I haFc known these birds to be 
kepi for a long period in aviaries built for the pur- 
pose. These were bo perfectly tame as to feed out 
of the hand. Their food priiiHpally consisted of oats 
and of the leaves of the Scotch fir, lar|fe brant'hes of 
which were usually introdnceil into their cages once 
or more in the course of i!ie week. They were also 
supplied with abundance of native herrieg, when pro- 
curable. They were amply provided at all times 
with water and sand : the latter of which was of a 
rather coarse quality, and both were changed pretty 
frequently, 
" In fai-ther corroboration of the fact, that the ca- 
percaikie will breed when in confinement, I make 
ttie followincr quotation from Mr Nilsson's work. 
That genilenian*M authority was the Ofwer Director 
af Uhr ; and the Inrd^i alluded to were at a forge in 
the province of Dalecarlia* 
*' * They were kept lo|rether during the winter in 
a larg« bft over a barn, and were fed with corn, and 
got occaaionally a change of fresh spruce, rtr, pine, 
and Juniper sprigs. Early in the spring, they were 
