. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . inous trafts in the northerncounties of England; it is likewife common inWales, and in the highlands of Scotland. MrPennant fuppofes it to be peculiar to Britain;thofe found in the mountainous parts of France,Spain, Italy, and elfewhere, as mentioned by , are probably varieties of this kind, and wehave no doubt would breed with it. We couldwifli that attempts were more frequently made tointroduce a greater variety of thefe ufeful birds in-to this country, to flock our wafle and barrenmoors with a rich fund of delicate and whol
. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . inous trafts in the northerncounties of England; it is likewife common inWales, and in the highlands of Scotland. MrPennant fuppofes it to be peculiar to Britain;thofe found in the mountainous parts of France,Spain, Italy, and elfewhere, as mentioned by , are probably varieties of this kind, and wehave no doubt would breed with it. We couldwifli that attempts were more frequently made tointroduce a greater variety of thefe ufeful birds in-to this country, to flock our wafle and barrenmoors with a rich fund of delicate and wholefomefood; but, till a wife and enlightened legiilatureIhall alter or abrogate our very unequal and inju-dicious game laws, there hardly remains a fmglehope for the prefervation of thofe we have. RedGroufe pair in the fpring; the female lays eightor ten eggs, on the ground: The young onesfollow the hen the whole fummer; as foon as theyhave attained their full fize, they unite in flocks offorty or fifty, and are then exceedingly Ihy andwild. BRITISH WHITE GROUSE. WHITE GAME, OR PTARMIGAN.{Tetrao lagopusy Lin.—Le Lagopede^ BufF.) This bird is nearly the fame fize as the RedGrouie : Its bill is black ; the upper parts of itsbody are of a pale brown or afh colour, mottledwith fmall dufky fpots and bars; the bars on thehead and neck are fomewhat broader, and are mix-ed with white; the under parts are white, as arealfo the wings, excepting the fhafts of the quills,which are black. This is its fummer drefs ; inwinter it changes to a pure white, except that inthe male there is a black line between the bill andthe eye; the tail confifts of fixteen feathers; thetwo middle ones are afh-coloured in fummer, and 304 BRITISH BIRDS* white in winter, the two next flightly marked withwhite near the ends, the reft are wholly black; theupper tail coverts are long, and almoft cover thetail. The White Groufe is fond of lofty fituations,where it braves the fevereft cold : It is found inmoft
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