See also:

• BLACKCOCK (Tetrao tetrix)

BLACKCOCK (Tetrao tetrix)  , the See also:

• ENGLISH

English name given to a See also:

• BIRD

bird of the See also:

• FAMILY

family Tetraonidae or See also:

• GROUSE

grouse, the See also:

• FEMALE

female of which is known as the See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey See also:

• HEN

hen and the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young as poults . In See also:

• SIZE

size and plumage the two sexes offer a striking contrast, the male weighing about 4 lb, its plumage for the most See also:

• PART

part of a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich glossy See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black shot with See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue and See also:

• PURPLE

purple, the lateral tail feathers curved outwards so as to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, when raised, a See also:

• FAN (Lat. vannus; Fr. eventail)

fan-like See also:

• CRESCENT (Lat. crescens, growing)

crescent, and the eyebrows destitute of feathers and of a See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright See also:

• VERMILION

vermilion red . The female, on the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, weighs only 2 lb, its plumage is of a russet See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour irregularly barred with black, and its tail feathers are but slightly forked . The See also:

• MALES

males are polygamous, and during autumn and See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter See also:

• ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate together, feeding in flocks apart from the See also:

• FEMALES

females; but with the approach of See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring they See also:

• SEPARATE

separate, each selecting a locality for itself, from which it drives off all intruders, and where See also:

• MORNING

morning and evening it seeks to attract the other See also:

• SEX (Lat. sexes; possibly connected with secure, to cut)

sex by a display of its beautiful plumage, which at this See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season attains its greatest perfection, and by a See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar cry, which See also:

• SELBY
• SELBY, WILLIAM COURT GULLY

Selby describes as " a crowing See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note, and another similar to the See also:

• NOISE (a word of doubtful origin; O. Fr. nogse or nose; Prov. nausa, which points to Lat. nausea, sickness, as the origin; others take Lat. noxia, harm, as the source)

noise made by the whetting of a See also:

• SCYTHE

scythe." The See also:

• NEST

nest, composed of a few stalks of grass, is built on the ground, usually See also:

• BLACKCOCK (Tetrao tetrix)

Blackcock . beneath the See also:

• SHADOW (0. Eng. Schadewe, sceadu; a form of " shade "; connected with Gr. 6-Ore's, darkness)

shadow of a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• BUSH

bush or a tuft of tall grass, and here the female See also:

• LAYS

lays from six to -ten eggs of a dirty-yellow colour speckled with dark brown . The blackcock then rejoins his male associates, and the female is See also:

• LEFT

left to perform the labours of hatching and rearing her young brood . The plumage of both sexes is at first like that of the female, but after moulting the young males gradually assume the more brilliant plumage of their sex . There are also many cases on See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record, and specimens may be seen in the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal museums, of old female birds assuming, to a greater or less extent, the plumage of the male . The blackcock is very generally distributed over the highland districts of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern and central See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, and in some parts of See also:

• ASIA

Asia . It is found on the principal heaths in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, but is specially abundant in the See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

Highlands of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland .