. British game birds and wildfowl . larger in size. The young at first resemble the female, but are more ochreous in colour, and theplumage is more barred. Until they attain their full plumage, they often exhibit, to agreater or less extent, some white feathers on the under parts. In weight the Grouse would appear to be subject to great variety; thus Mr. Thompsonsfriend, as above mentioned, says they will at Glenroy attain two pounds two ounces:this, we imagine, must be of very rare occurrence. Mr. James Blaydon met with onein 1848, near Pont-y-Pool, which weighed thirty ounces; and in the sam
. British game birds and wildfowl . larger in size. The young at first resemble the female, but are more ochreous in colour, and theplumage is more barred. Until they attain their full plumage, they often exhibit, to agreater or less extent, some white feathers on the under parts. In weight the Grouse would appear to be subject to great variety; thus Mr. Thompsonsfriend, as above mentioned, says they will at Glenroy attain two pounds two ounces:this, we imagine, must be of very rare occurrence. Mr. James Blaydon met with onein 1848, near Pont-y-Pool, which weighed thirty ounces; and in the same year Mr. Fielding, of Alershole, near Todmorden, shot one weighing thirty-one ounces. Thecommon weight, however, of these birds is from twenty to twenty-two ounces, though anaddition of an ounce or two is not uncommon. We have seen one shot by C. Wilkinson,Esq., of Myton, Yorkshire, in September, 1851, which weighed full twenty-nine ounces. The length of the lied Grouse is from fifteen to sixteen inches. i^4i mmd I lit/ w,\. - Mr I /8flI ii! 1& toy v-Ss 53 PTARMIGAN. WHITE GROUSE. Lagopus vulgaris, .... Fleming. Lagopus mutus, .... Leach. Tetrao lagopus, ..... LrtfNiEUS. Tetras Ptarmigan, .... Temmixck. Lagopus. Lagos—A hare. Pons—A foot. Vulgaris—Common. The Ptarmigan, like many of our other birds, has gradually, as cultivation hasencroached on its native haunts, become more rare, and in some districts has entirelydisappeared; such seems to have been its fate in Cumberland and Westmoreland, -wherePennant says it once existed; no traces are, however, now to be found of it in England,and the most southern part of Scotland where it is to be met with is the Grampianrange of hills, or possibly Skiddaw. It becomes more and more plentiful as you gonorth, among the Highlands, and is also found in the Hebrides, and other Isles ofScotland. It is found in Islay, and on the Paps of Jura in considerable plenty. In Wales it has long been extinct. In Ireland it does not exist. T
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