70 THE CAPERCAILLIE. 



Esq., and tnese three birds were the ancestors of all the 

 Capercaillie now in the Black Wood, as I am informed by 

 another correspondent resident on the spot. 



18*78. At Glen Queich (about 5 miles from Q)> it na s 

 again been observed. Here there is only a small bit of 

 young plantation and a few scattered large trees. 



Beyond Perthshire limits, the Capercaillie had reached 

 Forfarshire in 1859, and farthest in that county at Stracathro, 

 near Brechin, in 1865 (54 miles from Q ). 



In Fife it was first seen in 1863, and reached farthest in 

 that county in 1875, at Kinaldy (50 miles from Q). 



In west of Fife about 1871, but these birds probably 

 came from the separate Q at Tulliallan, and reached Pitreavie 

 in 1877, near Dunfermline (43 miles from Q ). 



In Stirlingshire first appearance was in 1856, probably a 

 strayed bird from Tulliallan, a female shot on an open common 

 at Stenhousemuir, near Larbert (38 miles from Q ). The next 

 was about 1866, at Garden, near Kippen (35 miles from)- 

 Thus it is seen they arrived here before they arrived at 

 Cardross (1868). But this is accounted for by the fact that 

 Garden woods, which are frequented by them, stand on a 

 height, and are visible from Doune, whence, doubtless, they 

 came, whilst Cardross woods lie in a hollow, with rising 

 ground intervening. They reached their farthest in Stirling- 

 shire, at Dougalstone, Milngavie, near Glasgow (45 miles from 

 O )> in 1877, where they bred for the first time. 



In outlying counties, they reached Linlithgow in 1872 ; 

 Edinburgh in 1876 and 1877, the latter being probably one 

 of two birds seen shortly before at Pitreavie in Fife (vide 

 map). Towards Loch Lomond, an occasional bird had been 

 got as early as 1867, and one in 1878, at Eoss Priory. In 

 Argyleshire at the Black Mount (an unsuccessful introduction). 



For particulars of advance, I refer readers to separate 

 accounts of the counties. We now proceed to Forfarshire. 



