This clipping from the Chronicle, Muskegon, Mich. 
 
CAPERCAILZIE IS PRIZED GAME BIRD 
"Possibilities of the Russian cock of the woods or 
Capercailzie as a valuable game bird in the northern United 
States and Canada are pointed out by the American Game 
Protective Association. 
The cock of the woods, the male of which weighs from 
seven to seventeen pounds, has long afforded excellent sport 
in the forested regions of Russia and Siberia. 
The bird is found in a type of country very similar 
to the northern states and Canada. It ranges through the 
same covers as does the bear, the marten, the otter, the 
hare and the moose. 
During the winter months it is found for the most 
part in pine, spruce and fir woods, where it feeds on needles 
and buds of these trees. Mountain ash berries and juniper 
berries also are included in its diet at this season. In 
summer the bird takes to marshy woods where it can find an 
abundance of berries and roots. The diet of berries is 
continued until autumn when the bird commences feeding on 
acorns if it can obtain them. 
The nest is bilt in a thickly wooded spot constructed 
of  'asu ahd Ifeathers. For the most part the bird keeps t 
itself and it is not known to   lest grouse or any other of 
Its large size has made  t  fvorite and            gae 
bird in the Russian forests.  In Scotland, Ireland and England 
where it was introduced years ago it is looked upon with high 
favor. In the latter countries the bird is commonly known as 
the capercail zie]. 
A strong, fast flier and fairly Met footed on the ground, 
the cock of the woods has many qualities to recommend him as 
an addition to the game lists of this country and from the 
similarity of his native covers there is every reason to be" 
lieve that an attempt to introduce and propagate the bird here 
would succeed, the Game Protective Association points out."