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At an earlier date (1842) an attempt was made at Tap- 

 low Court, Buckingham (Thompson, 'Birds of Ireland' ii. 

 p. 33) ; and several birds were sent to the Earl of Derby at 

 Knowsley in the same year {op. cit) The Zoological Society 

 of London had a pair, but they did not long survive (' Penny 

 Cyclopcedia,' vol. vi. p. 260). By the following extract from 

 the 'Auction Catalogue (corrected) of the Menagerie and 

 Aviary at Knowsley' August 1851, p. 37, — copy in Library 

 Zool. Soc, London, — it would appear that there were four birds 

 at Knowsley at the time of the sale, October 1851 : — 



f 2 Capercaillie, male and female. 

 (Divided mto V ^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ 



two lots.) ) 



The birds at Eslington all died off. The remaining male 

 became too mischievous to be kept with safety, and had to be 

 destroyed before the late lord's death. 



Mr. Webb did not — as stated in ' The Field ' of January 2, 

 1875 — turn out any Capercaillies at Newstead Abbey, Not- 

 tingham, and the hybrid reported {op. cit) was a cross between 

 a blackcock and a pheasant, not between a Capercaillie and 

 black game (' Field' January 23, 1875). 



In Ireland, Lord Bantry attempted to introduce them at 

 Glengariff. Three brace of birds were sent over by Mr. Lloyd, 

 as related in Thompson's 'Birds of Ireland,' no\. ii. p. 31. 

 {Vide Appendix) 



