PHOTOGRAVURE FRONTISPIECE 
HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE V 
COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS* 
PLATE I. Capercaillie, Male and Female facing page 8 
II. Black Grouse, Male and Female 24 
III. Black Grouse. Female assuming Male plumage; Male in eclipse 
plumage (July to September) 32 
IV. Black Grouse. Young in first plumage; Young in down 40 
V. Male Hybrid, Black Grouse and Capercaillie. Male Hybrid, Black 
Grouse and Red Grouse 48 
VI. Red Grouse. Males in winter-summer plumage. Red, Black and 
White-spotted forms 56 
VII. Red Grouse. Females in autumn-winter plumage. Black, White- 
spotted and Red forms 64 
VIII. Red Grouse. Females in autumn-winter plumage, BulF-spotted and 
Buff-barred forms 72 
IX. Red Grouse. Femaleinsummer plumage; Male in autumn plumage 80 
X. Red Grouse. Young in down ; Young in first plumage 88 
XI. Ptarmigan. Male and Female in summer plumage 92 
XII. Ptarmigan. Male and Female in autumn plumage 96 
XIII. 1 and 2, Ptarmigan, Male and Female in winter plumage ; 3, Com- 
mon Partridge, Male, September to June; 4, Common Partridge, 
Male, June to September, showing eclipse plumage on head and 
neck; 5, Common Partridge, Female, October to April; 6, Com- 
mon Partridge, Female, April to October, showing breeding 
plumage on head and neck 100 
XIV. Common Pheasant, Male and Female 112 
XV. Mongolian Pheasant, Male and Female 128 
XVI. Common Partridge, Male and Female 144 
XVII. Common Partridge. Young in first plumage; Young in down 152 
XVIII. Common Partridge. Variations in colour 160 
XIX. Red-legged Partridge, Male and Female 168 
XX. Red-legged Partridge. Young in first plumage; Young in down ; 
Immature assuming adult plumage 176 
XXL Red-legged Partridge. Variations in colour 192 
XXII. Quail, Male and Female 208 
XXIII. Woodcock, Rufous variety and normal plumage 240 
XXIV. Common Snipe and Jack Snipe 280 
XXV. Mallard, Male and Female (Red-headed Pochards passing overhead) 304 
XXVI. Pintail, Male and Female (Wigeon in background) 332 
*The illustrations in colour have been reproduced by Messrs Ben Johnson & Sons, Limited, of York, from original 
water-colour drawings specially executed for this work by GEORGE E. LODGE. No artist’s proofs have been issued. 
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