ERIT1SH BIRDS* 
301 
RED GROUSE. 
RED GAME, GORCOCK, OR MOORCOCK. 
( Tetrao Scoticus , Lin. — UAttagas , 
The length of this bird is fifteen inches; the 
weight about nineteen ounces : The bill is black ; 
the eyes hazel ; the noftrils Ihaded with fmall red 
and black feathers ; at the bafe of the lower bill 
there is a white fpot on each fide ; the throat is 
red; each eye is arched with a large naked fpot, 
of a bright fcarlet colour ; the whole upper part of 
the body is beautifully mottled with deep red and 
black, which gives it the appearance of tortoife- 
Ihell ; the break and belly are of a purpleilh hue, 
crofled with fmall dulky lines ; the tail confifts of 
fixteen feathers, of equal lengths, the four middle- 
