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Britain but the Higlilnnds of Scotland, wliere it is 
iuiown by the name of the capercalze; and, in the 
old lav; -books, it is called caperkally, or the horfe 
of tlic woods. It frequents woody and mountain- 
ous countries, feeding on the tops of pine and 
birch-trees, and the l.ierries of the juniper. In 
the fpring, it invites the temale to it's haunts with 
a loud and ihrill voice; and at that feafon is 
fo very inattentive to it's own prefervation, as to 
be eafily ihot. It (lands perched on a tree, and 
defcends to the female on her firfi: appearance. 
The hen bivsfrom eight to fixteen eggs; eight at 
the firft, and more as Jhe advances in age. 
The Mefli of thefe birds, which are comanon in 
Scandinavia, Germany, France, and feveral parts 
of (he 'Alps, is generally reckoned well-tafted. 
Grous, Black, the Black-game, Heath-cock, 
or Black-cock; the Tetrao Tetrix of LinnjEus. 
'^riie male has a du(ky bill; the plumage of the 
whole body is of a black colour, gloffed over the 
neck and rump with a fhining blue; the coverts 
of the wings are a dull-cy brown, the inner coverts 
being white; the thighs and legs are covered with 
dark brown feathers, the former having fome white 
fpots ; the tail, which confifts of fixteen black fea- 
thers, is much forked ; and the feathers under tiie 
tail are pure white. 
The weight of tlie black-cock is about four 
pounds; his length one foot ten inches; and the 
expanfion of his wings two feet nine inches. The 
female weighs about two pounds ; the head and 
neck are marked with alternate bars of dull red 
and black, and the bread with dufl-cy black and 
v/hite; the back, the coverts of the wings, and the 
tail, are of the fame colour with the neck; the in- 
ner coverts of the wings are white, in both fexes 
forming a white fpot on the fhoulder ; and the tail, 
vv'hich confifts of eighteen feathers variegated with 
red and black, is flightly forked. 
Like the former Ipecies, thefe birds are fond of 
mountainous fituations. They feed on bilberries, 
and other mountain-fruits ; and, in winter, on the 
tops of the heath. They never pali": but in the 
fpring the male crows and claps his wings from 
fome eminence; on which fignal all the females 
within hearing refort to him. 
The hen feldom lays more than fix or feven 
eggs. The young males quit her at the begin- 
ning of winter; and keep in flocks of feven or 
eight till the fpring, during which time they inha- 
bit the woods. 
There is another variety of the Black Grous, 
which differs from the common fort in being fpot- 
ted on tlie neck, breaft, wings, and thighs, with 
red. It feems to be the Teti^ao Hybridus of Lin- 
njEus; and is called by Briffon le coq de bruyere 
piquete, or fpotted black-cock. 
Grous, Red; the Red-game, Gor-cock, or 
Moor-cock. The male of this fpecies weighs 
about nineteen ounces; the length is fifteen inches 
and a half ; and the breadth is twenty-fix. The 
bill is black; the irides are hazel-coloured; the 
throat is red ; the plumage on the head and neck 
is a light tawny red, each feather being marked 
with feveral tranfverfe bars of black; the back 
and fcapulars are a deeper red, and on the mid- 
dle of each feather is a large black fpot; the breaft 
and belly are of a dull purplifn brown colour, 
crofted with numerous narrov/ duiky lines; the 
quill-ftathers are duHcy; the tail eonfifts of fix- 
teen feathers entirely black, except the four mid- 
dlemoftj which are barred with redj the thighs 
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are a pale red, obfcurely barred with black ; tlic 
legs and feet are cloathed down to the claws with 
thick, foft, white feathers; and the claws are whit- 
ifli, very ftrong, and broad. 
The female is confiderably lefs than the mak, 
weighing only fifteen ounces. Her colours in 
general are lefs vivid ; her breaft and belly are fpot- 
ted with white; and the tips of fome of the coverc- 
feathers are of the fame colour. 
This fpecies feems peculiar to Britain, as it is 
only mentioned by natives of this country, or at 
leafi is defcribed by others as a bird belonging to 
this ifland. 
Thefe birds pair in the fpring, and lay from fix 
to ten eggs. The young brood follows the hen 
during the whole i'ummer; and in winter thev 
unite in flocks of forty or fifty, and become re- 
markably ihy and wild. They are never feen in 
the vallies, but always keep on the fummits of 
hills, where they feed on mountain-berries and the 
tops of heath. 
Grous, White, the White-game ; the Tetrao 
Lagopus of Linnaeus, See Ptarmigan. 
Grous, Long-Tailed. This bird, which is 
about the fize of the pheafant, is common to Hud- 
fon's Bay and other northern parts of America. 
Tlie bill is dufivy ; the head and neck are of a 
bright reddifh brown colour, variegated with 
tranfverfe waved duflcy lines; above and beneath 
each eye, and on the under-fide of the head, the 
feathers are light brown ; the plumage of the back, 
wings, and tail, is black in the middle, indented 
with bright brown on the fides, and tranfverfely 
marked with black and brown at the tips; the 
covert-feathers v/ithin-fide the wings are duflcy 
and white mixed in tranfverfe lines ; the outward 
coverts of the wings, and the quill -feathers next 
the back, have white tips ; and the primaries have 
fpots of white along their outer webs. The two 
middle feathers of the tail are confiderably the 
longeft, the reft gradually fhortening on each fide; 
the breaft, from being brown on it's upper part, 
by degrees becomes white; as do the belly, the 
fides under the wings, and the covert-feathers un- 
der the tail. The legs are covered with fine fili- 
form feathers of a whitifh brown colour tranfverfely 
variegated with dufl<;y lines; the toes and claws 
are dufky; and each toe is pedinated on both 
fides. 
Grous, Little, Pin-Tailed. This fpecies 
is about the fize of the partridge, though it's fhape 
is more like that of the dove : the wings, wheri 
clofed, meafure eight inches; the bill is of a brown, 
or horn-colour, darkifh at the point, and fhaped 
much like that of the common hen; the head is 
afli-coloured, but round the eyes it is tindiured 
with orange; above the legs there is a black line; 
and the throat, from the bill downwards about an 
inch, is alfo black. The lower part of the neck 
before has a femilunar, orange-coloured mark, 
bordered above and beneath with narrow black 
lines ; the remainder of the breaft and belly, the 
thighs, the fore-part of the legs, and under the 
tail, are covered with white feathers ; the coverts 
beneath the tail are mixed with a little black and 
reddiili brown ; and the hinder part of the neck 
and back is covered with brownifh feathers, hav- 
ing their tips more yellow and light, and the mid- 
dle parts fliaded by dufky tranfverfe lines. The 
rump, and the upper part of the tail, are more re- 
gularly marked with tranfverfe lines of orange 
and black; the fide-feathers of the tail are tipt 
with 
