Selbourne Field Guide Entry
Heath Cock
Category:
fauna
The “heath cock” is the male black grouse.
Field Description
A medium-sized grouse with black plumage, red combs, and a distinctive lyre-shaped tail.
In White’s Landscape
Once a characteristic bird of the heath around Selborne.
Today
No longer present in southern England.
Notes
An example of how species distributions have shifted since White’s time.