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THE COMMON BLACK GROUSE. 
PLATE XXT, ILiLE,— PLATE XXiL rEMAtn. 
Tetrao tctrlx, Li'nnfFttJ.— Black Grouse, Black Cock, Male ; 
Gri'V Hon, Female, Penrtttnt^ &c.- — iJliick Grouse, Sdbjft 
Htmtmtiaiu, h'liu and Iviti,' p. 423. 
The most proprr plare to ImvB describe*! tliia 
beautiful Inid waa after the true American prduae, 
tbe ptai'niii;an beini^ more naturally fiuccptdcil by rhes 
rcxt Plate (P). XXIlI.) As it ia, it lias lieeii pliiced 
here, and we must refer to ihe conclusiDU for the si- 
tuation of the different groupi. 
Tliia iipeciea is pretty gnnerally spread over Eu- 
rope, being found in France and Gerroany, wbile, aa 
we reach the north, in Eu-isia, Sweden, Norway, &c. 
it become* vpry abundant. In Britain it occurs in 
the three erjunlrie!*, most sparingly, hovvever^ in 
Enjfland, from the rich cultivation and cliampagne 
characlcr of the country. Tlie New Forest, Ilninp- 
sldre, Somerset, and the wild parts of Staffurdsliire, 
can boast of it, hut these are nearly alt the Eag< 
\hh stations, until we reach the borders, where it 
becomes abundant in the wild districts, which con- 
duct to its still more frequent baunta in Scotlandi 
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