Grouse, Wood grouse, Gallina corylorum is bird that is larger than a partridge and almost as large as a chicken. According to the observations of Willughby, the male grouse was fourteen inches in length from the end of the beak to the tip of the tail and had a wingspan of twenty inches. The bird’s beak was black and nearly an inch long; the top of the beak was slightly curved and, above the eyes where eyebrows should be, there was a reddish membrane that was devoid of feathers; this membrane was a lighter color in the female. At least half of the bird’s leg was bare. The two outside toes were joined together until the first joint by a membrane, which has a serrated external layer. The claw on the middle toe was sharp on the inner side. The chest and abdomen were white with black spots on the middle chest feathers. The crop was rust colored, while the throat was black encircled by stripes of white; the female does not have a black throat. The male had a white line that goes from the eye to the back of the skull. The head was ash colored with a hint of red, while the back and rump were a darker ash color, like that of a partridge. The lower part of the crop was banded with blackish stripes and the feathers below the shoulders on the sides of the chest were tawny and red-brown, except for at the point of the feathers, where they were white. The large feathers that spread over the back of the bird from the shoulders were white. There were twenty of these feathers: four large wing feathers, of which the outer two were brown and white, while the inner two were entirely brown; the smaller feathers were red-brown, black and whitish. Sixteen five-inch long feathers made up the tail- the first seven of these feathers on each side were a mix of black and white with off-white points preceded by a black band. The middle two tail feathers were the same coloration as the body with black horizontal stripes and scattered small brown markings. Grouse meat turns white when cooked and is very tender, with a subtle taste. Willughby, Ornithology . There are many grouse in Ardennes, Lorraine, Forès, Dauphiné, the Alps, etc. See Bird.