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INTRODUCTION. 
Genus Ectopistes. 
218. Ectopistes migratorils. 
Migratory Pigeon. 
A native of North America : three or four instances of its occurrence in England and Scotland are on 
record. Not figured. 
Family TETRAONIDtE. 
The Grouse (the trivial name for the members of this family) are among the most important of edible 
birds. They exist in very circumscribed limits, namely the northern portions of the Old and New Worlds. 
Those which frequent Britain are the magnificent Capercailzie, the Blackcock, the Red Grouse, and the 
Ptarmigan. Neither the Capercailzie nor the Blackcock is found in America ; but that country is inhabited 
by species equally fine which are not found elsewhere. 
Genus Tetrao. 
219. Tetrao urogallus ............ Vol. IV. PI. V. 
Capercailzie or Cock of the wood. 
Breeds in Scotland in abundance. 
220. Tetrao tetrix ............ Vol. IV. PI. VI. 
Blackcock. 
A stationary and breeding species in the three kingdoms. 
Genus Lagopus. 
The well-known Red Grouse of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland may be regarded as the type of the 
present genus. 
221. Lagopus scoticus Vol. IV. PI. VII. 
Red Grouse. 
Inhabits England, Scotland, and Ireland, but not south of Wales. 
222. Lagopus mutus ............ Vol. IV. PI. VIII. 
Ptarmigan. 
Stationary. 
223, Lagopus mutus 
Ptarmigan (summer plumage). 
Vol. IV. PI. IX. 
