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not happen by chance, but is probably the work 

 of the parent bird. I once flushed a Capercailzie 

 from her nest, in which the chicks were just hatching, 

 and although some of the young birds had left the 



HOME OF THE CAPERCAILZIE. 



shell only a few minutes previously, they would 

 not keep still for a moment. This was most annoy- 

 ing, as, owing to the lateness of the hour 

 it was past nine o'clock at night I had to give 

 an exposure of several seconds, during which the 

 birds had, of course, hopelessly moved. Further 



