a. 
ee THE NATURAL HISTORY 
care and affection, where they may find ant’s eges 
and blackberries, and they do not feparate until 
the next {pring. 
_ It is faid that many of the Wood Grous are de- 
ftroyed by birds of prey. ‘They abound in the pine 
forefts of Ruffia and of Siberia, and are fometimes 
fent in the winter with white Hares and Ptarmi- 
gans, as prefents to London; and notwithftand- 
ing the diftance, from the coldnefs of the winters, 
they fometimes arrive fo as to be eatable. 
The fecond fpecies is called the Black Cock; 
it has feathers on its legs, a forked tail, the fe- 
condary feathers in the wings are white towards 
the bafe. 
There are cighteen feathers in its tail, the four 
outer feathers on cach fide are longer, and bend 
eutwards ; the ten middle feathers are fhorter, 
and equal in length to each other. The feathers 
under the tail, and the inner coverts of the wings, 
are of a pure white. There is a white {pot at the 
fitting on of each wing, the reft of the feathers 
are a full black, glofled with blue. 
It inhabits the heaths, the woods, and the birch 
forefts of the colder parts of Europe, and of Si- 
beria in Afia; it is found in Scotland, in the 
northern parts of England, and in Wales, 
The 

