Lost British Birds. 



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" The area now occupied by them," says Mr. Harvie- 

 Brown, "comprises Perthshire the head-quarters of the 

 species Forfar, Fife, Kinross, Clackmannan, Stirling, and 

 Dunharton ; and also the neighbouring portions of Argyle, 

 Inverness, Aberdeen, and Kincardine, in the west and north ; 

 and the Lothians and south shore of the Firth of Forth 

 in the south." 



The book I quote from contains a map to illustrate the 



Capercaillie's extension of range in Scotland ; it is spotted 

 and blotched with red colour to show the localities where 

 the birds have colonized ; and I do not think that anyone 

 who admires a bird, and laments the impoverishment of our 

 wild bird life, can look on a more beautiful map than this, 

 which teaches so hopeful a lesson. It encourages us to 

 think that others will arise in the future to emulate Sir 

 Fowell Buxton and Lord Breadalbane's example. There 

 are wealthy men among us who spend vast sums of money 

 and much time and energy in the pursuit (and extermina- 

 tion) of the big game of Africa. Surely it would be a 



