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miles as the crow flies from here. They could have crossed 

 the head of Loch Fyne, which is only about half a mile wide 

 at Ardkinglass, and thus they would have trees all the way 

 down to Inveraray." For the above useful notes I am indebted 

 to Mr. J. Thompson, head keeper, Inveraray. I think there 

 can be little doubt about the route by which they have arrived 

 — viz., by the Ardkinglass and Glen Fyne route from Glen 

 Dochart, 



Tliis overflow from Glen Dochart is made all the more 

 worthy of attention by the apparent preponderance of males. 

 The hybrid killed by flying against the telegraph wires — 

 above-mentioned — is a male, indicating the more unusual, in 

 my opinion, ma/e parentage of Tetrao urugallus male, and Tetrao 

 tetrix female. This goes far to prove the extreme wandering 

 propensities of males, and to account for even more curious 

 records than those at Fort-William in 1807, and at Bo'ness 

 {v. Part II. p. 26), not to speak of the prospecting party of 

 males which travelled over so much ground in Ardgour and 

 Glengarry. 



INVERNESS. 



In Hartings' ' Sale Catalogue ' of his collection of eggs 

 (Stevens', 6th June 1872, p. 20) occurs the entry " Capercaillie 

 — Tetrao urugalhis — two ; Guisachan, Inverness, May 1868. 

 E. Hargitt." They were introduced about that time, young 

 birds having been presented to Sir Dudley Marjoribanks by 

 Mr. Mercer of Gorthy, near Methven, Perth ; and the year 

 previous, eggs were sent from Perthshire to Guisachan. I 

 learn from one correspondent that all the birds at Guisachan 

 have died off. 



In 1873 birds were introduced at Invereshie, Inverness- 

 shire, but were never fairly established. A cock was shot in 

 1875,and at present — 1878 — only one hen is to be seen. There 

 is abundance of suitable cover, extending four miles in one 



