BLACK-GROUSE 
In the greyhen, as already mentioned, the under tail-coverts extend 
beyond the middle pair of tail-feathers, which are considerably shorter 
than the outer pair. In the female capercaillie the tail is rounded, and the 
under tail -coverts are much shorter than the middle pair of tail-feathers 
(p. 2, figs. 1 and 2). 
Enemies . — ^The chief enemies of black -game are the hooded and carrion- 
crows, which take numbers of eggs and young. Foxes, stoats, weasels 
and peregrines are also occasionally destructive, as they are among 
other game-birds. Probably quite as many young are lost through want 
of care shown by the hen as from attacks made on them by vermin. 
W. R. OGILVIE-GRANT. 
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