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Taymouth Castle are full of Capercaillie, such as Drum- 

 mend Hill, Keninore Hill, Croftmorraig Hill, &c. Several 

 migrate every season down to Strath Tay, Blair Athol, 

 Dunkeld, and the woods about Crieff; so that the en- 

 terprise originally undertaken by Lord Breadalbane has 

 been crowned with perfect success, and the king of the 

 game birds may now be said to be restored to his hereditary 

 dominions. 



" According to M. Nilsson, when the Capercali is reared 

 in confinement, he frequently becomes as tame as a domestic 

 fowl, and may be safely left at large. He, however, seldom 

 loses his natural boldness ; and, like the Turkey-cock, will 

 often fly at and peck people. He never becomes so tame and 

 familiar as the Black-cock. Even in his wild state, the 

 Capercali occasionally forgets his inherent shyness, and will 

 attack people when approaching his place of resort. Mr. 

 Adlerberg mentions such an occurrence. During a number 

 of years, an old Capercali cock had been in the habit of 

 frequenting the estate of Villinge at Wormdo, which, as 

 often as he heard the voice of people in the adjoining wood, 

 had the boldness to station himself on the ground, and, 

 during a continual flapping of his wings, pecked at the 

 legs and feet of those that disturbed his domain. M. 

 Brehm, also, mentions in his Appendix, page 626, a 

 Capercali cock that frequented a wood, a mile distant 

 from Renthendorf, in which was a path or roadway. This 

 bird, as soon as it perceived any person approach, would fly 

 towards him, peck at his legs, and rap him with its wings, 

 and was with difficulty driven away. A huntsman suc- 

 ceeded in taking this bird, and carried it to a place about 

 fourteen English miles distant ; but on the following day 

 the Capercali resumed his usual haunt. Another person 

 afterwards caught him, with a view of carrying him to the 

 Ofwer Jagmastare. At first the bird remained quiet ; but 



