few birds to be seen in this region. The forest is almost deserted except for the jays, a few small birds, "hazel grouse" and esperracelle. The latter are really very abundant. I have found them feeding in the openings around the forest near its reel. Sometimes about every 9 or 10 The males are always alone -- that is, the f's are not with them. Sometimes two or three f's will be near each other to get up with each a war of wings that it sounds like an eagle going turn the forest. They are not specially wild and I could have good sport with a short gun. The f's are usually with their young in the valley bottoms at the edges of the woods. The chicks are now strong on their wing and the size of franci group. The hazel hens are the size of a ruffed grouse and both here with heavy feet -- these birds of the two birds are very similar. When flushed they will usually fly a short distance alight on a tree top. The f's have a gray body, lurched with black points, a whitish breast barred with black & a black band on the tail near its end. I trust I have seen a few black woodpeckers which I believe to be the Arctic 'White' Peck - I saw two big black fellows with a red crest