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CAPERCALZIE SHOOTING. 



of an extraorclinaiy fine sense of smelling, she would 

 often wind or, in other words, scent them for a very 

 long distance. When she found the capercalzie, she 

 would station herself under the tree where the bird 

 was sitting, and by keeping up a constant barking, 

 direct my steps towards the spot." Should our 

 young friends ever have occasion to shoot this bird, 

 we trust they mil adopt the plan of Mr. Brehm, in 

 preference to that of Mr. GriefP. 



THE CATERCALZIE. 



The Wood Grouse, or Capercalzie {Tctrao Uro- 

 f/allus), known to British naturalists as Cock of the 



