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13* Red Grous, Gen. Syn. iv. p.746.
RED GROUS..
T A M informed, that the neareft approach o f this fpecies towards
the fouth, in this kingdom, is Staffordjhire * ; but it has-
every where diminifhed in quantity, from the fame caufes as the
Black Grous. It is not fo commonly eaten in London as the laft-
mentioned, as the flefh much fooner corrupts. The ufual weight
o f a male is eighteen or nineteen ounces j but one has been killed,
near Richmond in Yorkjhire, which weighed twenty-five*. This
fpecies has been known to breed in the menagerie of that noble
and intelligent naturalift and colledtor the late Dutchefs Dowager
of Portland. It was obferved to me, that (he effe&ed this, in fome
meafure, by caufing frefh pots of ling or heath to be placed in the
menagerie almoft every day.
a Rehufac Grous, Aril. Zool. ii. p. 316, E.
REHUSAK GR.
D e s c r i p t i o n . g I Z E o f afmall Hen. Neck ruft-coloured, fpotted with b la ck :
back and tail coverts black, varied with rufty ftreaks : breaft
divided from the lower part o f the neck by a dark lhade; the reft
o f the breaft and vent white.
Female. The Hen is fpotted with yellow: primaries white : tail black,
end whitifh: thighs white, marked with fome rufty fpots : legs
feathered down to the toes, which are covered with large brown
fcales.
Place andMan- Inhabits the woods and alps o f Lapland-, lays thirteen or four-
ners, teen reddilh eggs, marked with long brown fpots: when difturbed,
Mr, Tunjlall.
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ed, flies away with a loud noife, like a coarfe laugh. The Keren,
or common Ptarmigan, on the contrary, is filent, and inhabits the
Alps only.
Rock Grous, Aril. Zool. ii. N° 184, 17. b.
ROCK GROUS.
A T Hudforis Bay a White Grous, feemingly o f a different fpecies D e s c r i p t i o n .
from the-common, is obferved. In fize it is lefs by one
third. It is exactly like the other in colour, excepting that it has
a black line from the bill to the eye.
T h e manners differ fomewhat, as it inhabits rocky places or ju niper
plains, at all feafons. It frequently ftretches the neck out,
and makes a croaking kind o f noife. They are very numerous at
the two extremes o f the Bay, but never vifit the middle fettle-
ment, except in very fevere weather. This is called by the natives
Ufcatbachifh, by the Englijh, Rock-Partridge-, whereas the
other is diftinguifhed by the name o f Wapatheu.
Tetrao canus, Spare. Muf. Carl/. N® 16.
J ^ E N G T H fifteen inches. Bill bla ck: the whole plumage of
a hoary white, obfcurely undulated with brown, the ends of
the feathers being of that colour: wing coverts brownifh, marked
with a whitifh fpot at the ends: vent white: the tail clouded
above with hoary, white, and brown : legs black.
A fpecimen of the above bird was fent to the author from the
province o f Heljingia, in Sweden; and is faid to be pretty frequent
in a particular fpot. From the colour o f the tail, it cannot be a
variety o f the Ptarmigan in any ftage; nor does the author think
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HELSINGIAN r-‘w GROUS.
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