or BIRDS. 
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GORCOCK. 
The cock of the wood, the black cock, and 
the grouse, are all birds of a similar nature, 
and are chiefly found in healthy mountains 
and pine forests, far removed from the 
abodes of men. They might once, indeed, 
have been common enough over all England, 
when a great, part of that country was covered 
with heath, but at present their numbers are 
thinned. The two first of this kind arc 
utterly unknown in the south, and have taken 
refuge in the northern parts of Scotland, 
where the extensive heaths afford them 
security, and the forests shelter. 
The Gorcock is sometimes of the size of 
a turkey, and often weighs near fourteen 
Pounds. 
