340 brehm’s arrangement of grouse. 
were seen on the high mountains which form the 
base, or platform, of the snowy peaks, Mount Hood, 
Mount St Helens, and Mount Baker, on the western 
parts of the continent. 
“ This species is named Franklin’s grouse, Tetrao 
Franklinii , (Rocky Mountain spotted grouse,) in honour 
of the distinguished commander of the overland arctic 
expeditions. 
“ I have little doubt that some of these birds might be 
imported into this country, of which the soil, climate, 
and natural productions, are not so dissimilar to those 
of their native regions, as to preclude the hope of a 
successful issue to an experiment of a very interesting 
nature, which the wealth and zeal for field-sports 
inherited by many of our aristocracy, would render 
easy, and which might eventually prove of more 
substantial and permanent advantage. Their importa- 
tion to the upland valleys of our Scottish mountains, 
would certainly form a fine addition to the feathered 
game of Great Britain.” 
The following is Brehm’s arrangement of the German 
grouse : — 
Genus I. — Tetrao. — Lin. 
First Division. 
Grouse with the tail rounded. Tetraones cauda rotundata. 
1. Flat crowned capercalzie. T. urogallus. — Lin. 
2. Great capercalzie. T. major. — Br. 
3. Thick hilled capercalzie. T. crassirostris. — Brehm. 
4. Spotted capercalzie. T. maculatus. — Brehm. 
Second Division. 
Grouse with bifurcated tail. Tetraones cauda bifurcata. 
1. Middle grouse. Tetrao medius. — Leisler . 
2. Juniper grouse. T. juniperorum. — Brehm. 
3. Thin billed birchwood grouse, o,r black cock. T. tetrix. — Lin , 
4. Heath grouse. T. ericeeus. — Brehm. 
Genus II. — Bonasia., — Briss. Hazel hen. 
1. Rock hazel hen. B. rupestris. — Brehm. 
2. Wood hazel hen. B. sylvestris. — Brehm. 
Genus III. — Lagopus. — Briss. Snow hen, or ptarmigan. 
1. Mountain snow hen, or ptarmigan. L. montanus. — Brehm, 
2. Morass snow hen, or ptarmigan. L. subalpinus. — Brehm. 
