218 GAME BIRDS AND WILD FOWL. 



CHAPTER XII. 



" Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, 

 And e'en the bare worn common is denied." 



GOLDSMITH. 



The Capercaillie Characteristic Habits Nature of the 

 Country suited to it Unsuccessful Attempts to Natu- 

 ralize it in England Restoration of the Capercaillie to 

 Scotland Mode of Management and Propagation 

 Present Condition of Capercaillie at Taymouth The 

 Black Grouse Its introduction into Ireland desirable 

 Natural facilities for its establishment there Obstacles 

 to its Increase in England Plan recommended Diffi- 

 culties to be surmounted Unity of Interest and Mutual 

 Advantage. 



THE noble Capercaillie, or cock of the wood 

 (tetrao urogallus), after having disappeared from 

 the Scottish forests about sixty years ago, has 

 now been restored through the spirited exertions 

 of a few large landed proprietors, among whom 

 Lord Breadalbane stands preeminent. 



The successful establishment of the pheasant 

 in England, though a native of the distant shores 

 of the Caspian sea and even of the yet more 

 remote regions of Cathay, might appear to en- 



