. British zoology . ^ ^,»c/l^ /t^-rt:^.^ 9^,y^^t^^/ ^c^//./ ^ ?s. Class II. G R O U S. i6j THIS fpecies is found in no other part ofGreat Britain than the Highlands of Scot-land. North of Invernefs; and is very rare even inthofe parts. It is there known by the name ofCapercalze, Auer-calze, and in the old law booksCaperkally: the lad fignifying the horfe of thewoods; this fpecies being, in comparifon of othersof the genus, pre-eminently large*. We believethat the breed is extind in Ireland^ where it wasformerly found. Giraldus Camhrenfisf defcribes it under the titleof Peacock of the wood, fro
. British zoology . ^ ^,»c/l^ /t^-rt:^.^ 9^,y^^t^^/ ^c^//./ ^ ?s. Class II. G R O U S. i6j THIS fpecies is found in no other part ofGreat Britain than the Highlands of Scot-land. North of Invernefs; and is very rare even inthofe parts. It is there known by the name ofCapercalze, Auer-calze, and in the old law booksCaperkally: the lad fignifying the horfe of thewoods; this fpecies being, in comparifon of othersof the genus, pre-eminently large*. We believethat the breed is extind in Ireland^ where it wasformerly found. Giraldus Camhrenfisf defcribes it under the titleof Peacock of the wood, from the rich green thatIhines on the bread of the male. BoethiusX alfomentions it under the name oi Capercalze-, andtrue-ly defcribes its food, the extreme fhoots of thepine. He afterwards gives an exadl defcription ofthe black cock^ but gives it the name of the cock ofthe wood, a name now confined to this Lefslyl is a third of our hiftorians whomakes mention of this bird along with two othersof the genus, the black cock and common grous jbut the P
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