EXTENSION IN OUTLYING COUNTIES. 91 



In 1870 two males seem to have done a good deal of pros- 

 pecting in Argyleshire and adjoining parts of Inverness, 

 having been first heard of and seen in Ardgour (about 46 miles 

 from O ), at CaUaob, on Loch Leven, and a few days after- 

 wards at Camus-na-gaul, opposite Fort William. They were 

 then seen — always supposing them to be the same birds, and 

 we cannot fix a limit to the distances to which males will 

 wander in search of mates — in Glengarry (Inverness-shire, 

 q. V.) The Rev. A. Stewart, Nether-Lochaber, considers that 

 these birds probably entered Glengarry and Loch Ness by 

 Kingussie, Loch Laggan, and the valley of the Spean, but I 

 have failed to discover the localities whence they could have 

 come by this route. 



The Eev. A. Stewart (who has written many excellent 

 articles to the ' Inverness Courier ' under the ' nom de plume ' 

 of " Nether-Lochaber,") proposes to suggest to " Locliiel " the 

 propriety of introducing a pair or two to the woods of Loch 

 Arkaig side, near his residence — Achnacary Castle. 



In 1875 birds arrived of their own accord at Ardkinglass, 

 and are supposed to have come direct from Breadalbane, doubt- 

 less through Glenfyne, having forced their way up Glen 

 Dochart, and overflowed from the internal great pressure at 

 Taymouth (see general remarks under Glen Dochart further 

 on, p. 109). At Ardkinglass there are about 550 acres of 

 suitable woods, and the birds are preserved and increasing. 

 As many as twelve were seen one day this year (1878). A 

 hybrid, killed in October 1878 at Ardkinglass, was forwarded 

 to Mr. Robert Small, Edinburgh, for preservation. It was 

 killed by the keeper, and is now in the possession of Mr. 

 Brodie, Edinburgh, who leased Ardkinglass shootings. No 

 difference is observable here in the numbers of black game, 

 which are fairly abundant, Tliis is an interesting example of 

 the great pressure at a centre forcing birds over a bare and 

 unfavourable country (see general remarks ut sup., and under 

 Kincardineshire, infra, p. 95). 



