. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . cotch specimen is said to have been killedabout fifty years ago ; and Ireland had previously ceased to possess the cockof the wood. 600 AVES—BLACK GROUSE. THE BLACK GROUSE, OR BLACK Is much more common. It is found in many parts of Europe, and in mostof the moors in the north of England, Wales, and Scotland. Its namealmost furnishes its description, since the whole body is black, which, how-ever, is iridescent, and in some positions of the light, it shows
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . cotch specimen is said to have been killedabout fifty years ago ; and Ireland had previously ceased to possess the cockof the wood. 600 AVES—BLACK GROUSE. THE BLACK GROUSE, OR BLACK Is much more common. It is found in many parts of Europe, and in mostof the moors in the north of England, Wales, and Scotland. Its namealmost furnishes its description, since the whole body is black, which, how-ever, is iridescent, and in some positions of the light, it shows a beautifulpurple; but it has another remarkable characteristic, which is, that its tailis forked. It is rather larger than a common fowl, and is in length fromtwenty-four to twenty-eight inches. At the breeding season their contestsare so furious, that in Courland, Livonia, &c, it is a common method oftaking them, to assemble them together, by imitating the crowing of a blackcock, and by having a figure prepared to imitate that animal in all its mo-tions. The grouse, being collected in vast numbers from all parts, enter. into a bloody contest; when the combatants are so intent upon each othersdestruction, that they fall an easy prey to their pursuers, and may even beknocked down with a stick. There is a variety of this species with a plaintail. 1 Tetrao , Lin. AVES—RED GROUSE. 601 THE RED GROUSE, OR MOOR COCK,
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