BLACK GROUSE,
TETRAO TUTRIX.
b l t a M I I have met with the,. Sn. bird, on!, to one ortor. .it 11» 8 u - » fore.l,; the, are, however,
Mill „° I- fonnd In »eve,al ennnfa h . north to »nlh. To o.l„e,vr Ilia,* C W In then, b » homo In
the Brili,h IJ....1. « m-t cro» 0 » M nnd vi.it the rooky glen, o[ lb. Highland,
I W h Maek-Oamr .hooting to not — « Ul the 20th ot Angnrt, n few eheenor, now nnd Ik n
M to the lot ot inexperirne, d ,,„rt.me„ Wore that dnte, no little nrnetiee being needed to di,tm,,n.h at
„ „ . ,i,,t .-Lanee the hon.atnre of .hi, .neeie. from firon.r. The young bird, .re » mo.t .n.Unee, e«eed,«gly
di.mellned to .,-t on win,, nnd frequently ri.ing one or two nt « time, .Her the en„e,t po-bta M l wlm
in outlying districts it is injudic
to tax tin
mies heavily at ihi-
r the. bitter
.t sport to those
autumn and winter Mack Came
ly be depended upon to
.xeellei
aipared to farm;
of Lard work ; to kill them d>
. in their infancy can
y game-book fur 18t¡7
iv rapidly a bag ol
short and condensed extract frou
when strong and well-grown, may lie
hist week in August to obtain somr gti
as there was little span1 time, to ti
nud alder where both Grouse and 1!
and taring a steep brae, Maseo ami ]
mo (a brae of steady setters)
the top of n low ridge to keep the i
in view, tl e course we were fo
fnur hundred yards exceedingly rough
Ving to the
neipialities in the gr
of rank heather intermixed with eonr
;rass and r
shes. One of the
I took, crossed the ridge into the next
ly, and on r aching some open gl
mil free bom
where heather, juniper, and other plant
ew thickly, e immediately came t
stop.
a wave of the hand I'rnm the keeper i
iot afraid
ling ratcheted
the Urn
( and stones
the hollow I had left indicated that Minnie, though out of sight in
the dense cover, had also settled to a point. To this call I was unable In give innneilinte attention, su, followed
by a gillie with a seeoud gun, 1 scrambled down the bank and niade my way towards the spot where the
infallible Masco, standing rigid as a statue, was evidently close upon his birds. The instant the low ground
was reached a full-eruun and vigorous young bird rose at our feet, and in due course paid the penalty ; bating
succeeded in inserting a fresh cartridge, the old Greyhen nod another youngster flutteret out ut n Mr ran-'
and were Immediately disposed of. Another brace next made off in company, and just sufncienl time having
elapsed to exchange guns with the loader, suffered in consequence, both l>eiug struck by the first barrel,
one dropping dead as a stone, and the other skimming off with extended piaiuns and nulling the charge of the
second barrel in order to avoid the loss of time incurred by watching and marking a distant fall. A
momentary cheek ensued ; then the setter drawing cautiously forward, it was evident that game was still ahead,
nud a few yards further uii a single bird, rapidly followed by another, Sprang almost below the old dag's nose,