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Mr. James Stewart Kobertson of Edradynate. They inhabited the 

 east side of Drummond Hill in 1837. More recently, in 1880, two 

 have been killed by Messrs. Duncan and Dickson, co-lessees of the 

 Edinchip shootings at the head of Loch Earn. 



12. Badger. Meles taxus (Schreb.). — Still pretty common 

 throughout the district, but not as much so as in former years, 

 when there was less cultivation and game preserving. I have seen 

 them myself among the rocks above Killiechassie towards evening, 

 and have seen one taken out of a trap there. They are nearly 

 extinct at the Kenmore end of Loch Tay, but are still found in 

 Glen Lochay, on Morinish Hill, where Mr. Dewar has killed many 

 of them, and in Glen Lyon. The old Gaelic name of the man 

 employed to kill vermin was Brocan, or Badger-man. 



13. Otter. Lutra vulgaris, Erxl. — Often seen in the Tay, 

 Tummel, Garry, Lyon and other rivers, and many of the lochs in 

 this district. The late Duke of Athole kept a pack of otter- 

 hounds, and hunted them regularly on the Garry and Tummel. 



Order V. — Artiodactyla. 

 Family: Cervidae. 



14. Red-Deer. Cervus elaphus, Lin. — Common on Drummond 

 Hill, near Taymouth, in Athole Forest, at the head of Glen Lyon, 

 on the borders of the Black Mount, and in other places from which 

 they often stray to great distances. In Athole Forest, in 1845, 

 there were said to be as many as 7000 Red-Deer.* In cold winters 

 they are driven by hunger down to the low grounds, and frequently 

 visit gardens and farm steadings at night, whence many never 

 return to their old haunts. 



Q 0St — Fallow-Deer. Cervus dama, Lin. — Thrives in the Park 

 at Taymouth, and also exists in a semi-wild state in the large 

 woods to the south of the road between Aberfeldy and Kenmore. 



15. Roe-Deer. Capreolus capraea, Gray. — Abundantly dis- 

 tributed throughout the district. 



Family: Bovidae. 



Ol s% — White Bull. Bos taunts, Lin. — A herd of white cattle 



of the same breed as those still existing at Cadzow Forest in 



Lanarkshire, and Chillingham in Northumberland, was preserved 



in Blair- Athole until the year 1 834. f When the herd was dispersed 



* New Stat. Acct., Perthshire, p. 563. 

 t "Wild White Cattle of Great Britain." By Rev. J. Storer, Lon., 1879, p. 345. 



