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being also much darker on the under parts. From one another they may be dis- 

 tinguished by the white tips of the scapulars in the smaller Kamchatkan species 

 being wide and forming a continuous white band, while in the Siberian bird they 

 constitute an interrupted line of white spots. Formerly indigenous in Scotland and 

 Ireland, the capercaillie was exterminated toward the end of the last century, but 





HYBRID BETWEEN BLACKCOCK AND CAPERCAILZIE. 



(One-fifth natural size.) 



was reintroduced in 1837 i n t Scotland, and is now fairly plentiful in the counties 

 of Perth, Sterling, and Forfar. The capercaillie is polygamous; and its nesting 

 habits and eggs are very similar to those of black game, the latter being buff 

 spotted with reddish brown. As many as twelve eggs are sometimes laid, but the 



