CAPERCAILLIE .— Tetrao Ur og alius 
Although once a common inhabitant of the highland districts of Great Britain, 
the Capercaillie has now been almost wholly extinct for some years, a straggling 
specimen being occasionally seen in Scotland, and shot for the benefit of science. 
This bird is also known by the following names : Cock of the woods, Mountain 
Cock, Auerhahn, and Capercailzie. 
It is now most frequently found in the northern parts of Europe, Norway and 
Sweden being very favourite homes. 
The Capercaillie is celebrated, not only for its great size and the excellence of its 
flesh, but for its singular habits just previous to and during the breeding season. 
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