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allen’s naturalist’s library. 
hllff K vyidely barred with black and yellowish- 
buff by the beginning of May (pi. iii, fig. 12) ^ 
r understood, these'being conspicuous narts 
of the biid when she is sittinEr on her h ic ^ 
for her that the protective bfack and huff plumage 83] dTe 
complete. The greater part of this changr“ lenerally pro 
duced by moult ; but, as is the case with the flank-Shers' 
some individuals (probably less robust females) attain the 
change without moulting. The same rearrangement of the 
pigment described in speaking of the flanks takes place in the 
chest-featheis, and the finely mottled and barred, rufous and 
black, autumn plumage becomes widely barred with black and 
Youn^ Bircs in July resemble the adult female in breeding 
adu plnll^ flank.feathers of thf 
adult plumage liegin to appear about this time. By the month 
from °he™dult? distinguished 
Nestling. In this and all the other species of Las-opus the 
-Confined to the British Islands. 
I o fi species inhabits the open moors covered with 
eath and ling from sea-level, but is not found above the limits 
here these jilants grow, its jilacc being taken on the mountain 
fiTck Gam7 lhe‘ rtd^r Unlike the 
jyiacK wame, the Ived Grouse is strictly monogamous each 
male pairmg with one female only, and assisting her to rear the ' 
young The nesting season is, roughly speaking in April and 
May, but varies according to locality and season egirbein^ 
la°tter problbTv^^ 
destrovil^d ’-I I? r^ ‘I’e first having been 
destroyed. 1 he female m her black and buff summer tarb is 
practically invisible when sitting on her nest, her colours har- 
monismg perfectly with her surroundings.” 
seasL^^dvancS ‘I’e 
m ^d sIo?mv especially if the weather is 
and stormy, soon unite their forces and go about in large 
Range. - 
Habits. ^ — “ ' 
