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and the ptarmigan ; and, but very rarely, with the moor- 
fowl, which, being a strictly monogamous bird, is not so 
likely as the other kinds of Grouse, all of which are poly- 
gamous, to produce hybrids. Mr. Yarrel, in his beautiftil 
* History of British Birds,' has figured several specimens of 
these cross breeds. 
CAPERCALZIE. 
Amid the pine wood's depth of shade 
Have ye watched the Capercallie, 
"With shining purple plumes outspread, 
And bold bright eye, o'erarched with red, 
Bow condescendingly his head, 
With his sober mate to dally. 
Let US now pass 
O'er many a winding dale and painful steep, 
The abode of coveyed Grrouse and timid sheep, 
and, leaving far behind us the lowlands, where cultivation 
disputes with Nature for the possession of the land, let us 
climb into those regions where the latter reigns paramount ; 
let us skirt the loch, explore the rocky glen, traverse the 
larch woods, and penetrate the depths of the gloomy pine 
forest, and look upon 
