ge THESNATURAL HISTORY 
care and affection, where they may find ant’s eggs 
aid blackberries, and they dos not feparate unt 
the next fpring. Kye Sh 
© Ttis faid that many of the Wood Grous are des | 
ftroyed by birds of prev. Theyaboundin 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. i 
~The fecond fpecies is called the Black Cock ; 
it has feathers on-its legs, a forked tail, the fe- 
condary feathers in the leat are white towards 
the bafe. a1) : 
zt here are eighteen Reatherel in its tail, the fon? 
cuter feathers on each fide aré longer, ‘and'bend 
 putwards;-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 atthe 
fitting on of each wing, the’ reft of the feathers 
are a full black, gloffed with blue. < 
It inhabits fit Heaths, the woods, and the birch 
forefts of the colder parts of Europe, and of S 
beria in Afia; it is found in Scotland, in ie 
mene parts of England, andin Wales. 
The 

