. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of their various orders, with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . s of them are sold inthe markets, and considerable quantities are sent every year toEngland and France from Scotland, Norway, and Lapland. The twoprincipal species are \\\^ Lagopus mutus {Y\^. 150), common in theAlps, the Pyrenees, and the North of Europe and America; and theRed Grouse {Lagopus scotiais\ which is found only in Great Britainand Ireland, where it is much prized for its beauty, delicacy of flesh,and the magnificent sport it aflbrds when killed o
. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of their various orders, with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . s of them are sold inthe markets, and considerable quantities are sent every year toEngland and France from Scotland, Norway, and Lapland. The twoprincipal species are \\\^ Lagopus mutus {Y\^. 150), common in theAlps, the Pyrenees, and the North of Europe and America; and theRed Grouse {Lagopus scotiais\ which is found only in Great Britainand Ireland, where it is much prized for its beauty, delicacy of flesh,and the magnificent sport it aflbrds when killed over dogs. The12th of August, the first day of grouse-shooting, is looked forward THE SAND GROUSE. 375 to by the disciples of the gun as anxiously as the Derby-day byracing men. Perdicides. The distinctive features of the birds composing this family are—a short beak, a small head, a lound and massive body, bare tarsi,with spurs more or less developed, and a middling-sized back wings are sharp, pointed, or bhmt, according to the family comprehends the Sand Grouse, Quail, Partridge, Colin,Francolin, and Fig. 150.—Ptarmigan Summer and Winter Dress). The Sand Grouse {Fterodes) are essentially birds of passage, andin consequence are provided with long and sharply-pointed resemble the Plover in their power of lofty, rapid, and sustainedflight, and inhabit the arid plains of Southern Europe, Asia, andAfrica. The Pin-tail Sand Grouse {Fterodes setarius, Fig. 151), a well-known species, annually makes its appearance in Spain and the Southof France ; it is common on the steppes of Southern Russia, Tartary,and Northern Africa. Occasionally it breeds in the Pyrenees. The Heteroclites are characterised by the total absence of theback toe. They are closely allied to the Sand Grouse, and, like them,have pointed wings, and are fond of travelling; but their flight is not 376 REPTILES AND BIRDS, SO continuous. They inhabit the steppes of Tartary, and b
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