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in Strathblane, which, however, Mr Harvie-Brown is inclined 

 to doubt ("Zoologist," 1881, p. 15). Cat-craig and Cats- 

 cleuch, near Denny, are mentioned as probable place-names 

 in Stirlingshire. Passing to south-west Perthshire, there is no 

 lack of evidence of its presence in many localities there during 

 the first half of the present century; but I must refer my 

 readers to Mr Harvie-Brown's admirable paper for the 

 details. Suffice it to say, that two were killed near 

 Aberfoyle about 1855; that the last obtained in the Callander 

 district was trapped in or about 1857 in the glen of 

 Leny, and is still preserved at Leny House; that another was 

 killed at Cromlix, Braes of Doune, in 1857 or 1858; that 

 about 1850 one was killed at Gleneagles; that the keeper on 

 Balquhidder killed Wild Cats about 1855 ; and that in the 

 district south of Glendochart the last was killed upon Ben 

 More, near Suie, in 1863 or 1864. 



A few of the places mentioned above are rather beyond 

 the limits of this paper, but their bearing on the subject 

 is sufficiently obvious, it is hoped, to justify the reference 

 to them. 



FOX. 

 CANIS VULPES L. 



Notwithstanding its predatory habits, the Fox is still fairly 

 numerous, being allowed in most parts of the district a large 

 amount of immunity from indiscriminate persecution in order 

 that it may be hunted with hound and horn in orthodox 

 fashion; otherwise, we may well suppose, it would have 

 shared the fate of the other larger Carnivora, and long ere this 

 have been practically banished from the lowlands. In the 

 words of the writer of the article on the Fox in the Badminton 



