EXTENSION IN PERTHSHIRE. Q7 



Persey, east of county, but the other record is best authenti- 

 cated. See under 1857.] 



Very abundant at Ochtertyre (see 1865). 



1868. A female first seen at Cardross (32 miles from O ), 

 S.W. of county (see under 1870). 



Arrived at Garvock from Gask or Dupplin. Garvock is 

 near Dunning (27 miles from O ). 



1869. Abundant at Dunsinnan, to the N.E. of Perth 

 (27 miles from O ). I saw at least thirty there one day when 

 shooting in December. I have not received dates of arrival 

 or establishment at this locality. 



1870. First male seen at Cardross, near Lake of Menteith 

 (see 1868 and 1871). 



Abundant at Drummond Castle, Earn valley, near Crieff. 

 This is now a great stronghold of the birds in the south of 

 the county (17 miles from O); strictly preserved now; in- 

 creasing very much still. The adjoining estates are Strowan, 

 Ardoch, Strathallan, Abercairney, etc., upon all of which 

 there are considerable areas of suitable and continuous woods. 

 Torlum -^ Hill, the highest in Scotland which is wooded to the 

 summit (by last survey 1291 feet), is on the march between 

 the Drummond estates and Strowan, and is considered to be 

 more thickly populated by Capercaillies than any other 

 localities in the Crieff- Comrie district. 



1871. Established at Cardross. (This is a good illustra- 

 tion of the succession and arrival of female and male, and 

 establishment — see farther on, p. 113.) 



Arrived at Stronvar, Balquhidder, (For attempt at 

 introduction see 1845). Only occasional at present, and rare 

 (only 24 miles from O , but across hills, in a direct line). 



^ Torlum, from Gaelic Tor-lom, or The bare hill. " This appearance is 

 now changed, it having been planted in the end of the last ceutiuy ; but draw- 

 ings which exist of Drummond Castle show that the name was truly descrip- 

 tive {vide Robertson's 'Gaelic Topography of Scotland, and wJud it proves,' 

 1869, p. 457). 



