feathered like the female till after the firft moult, when 
the cocks begin to change colour ; but they do not aflume 
their full plumage till after the fecond feafon, and frequently 
when the eggs have been hatched under the common hen, they 
do not ever attain their full colour : the young keep together 
with the parents till the enfuing fpring. 
After the breeding feafon, the males peaceably aflbciate in 
confiderable numbers ; when they are eafily decoyed by thd? 
poacher into fnares, by imitating the call of the hen ; and we 
have been informed, that as many as fifty have been taken in 
the fhort fpace of two days by this means, in Yorkihire. The 
provincial names of this fpecies are Heath Poult, Heath 
Cock, Black Cock, Biack Game, and the female is in fome 
parts known by the name of Grey Hen, 
We are indebted for our fpecimens to A. Harrison, Efq. 
