86 THE CAPERCAILLIE. 



1874. One stray bird was shot at Kowardennan, on Loch 

 Lomond, about this date. 



One a female was shot at Quarter, near Denny, in the 

 summer, and another in October of the same year. It is now 

 established here in a wood of 60 acres of spruce, larch, and 

 Scotch fir, which is just 34 years old. Birds here probably 

 arrived from Torwood on the east, or from Auchenbowie and 

 Sauchie on the north. Auchenbowie held birds at this time, 

 though they did not become resident till the year after^- 

 1875. 



1875. Birds became established " not prior to 1875," on 

 Duchray, near Loch Ard, just on the border of Perth and 

 Stirling, and 33 miles from Q . These birds no doubt came 

 from Cardross, through Gartmore (where, however, they are 

 only as yet occasional). There are about 200 to 300 acres of 

 suitable wood on Duchray and adjoining property, of which 

 100 to 150 are on Duchray. 1 



Occasionally seen on Carbrook, near Larbert, marching with 

 Torwood ; but the covers are mixed, and not quite suitable. 



Occasional on Chasefield, when only hens were seen in 

 this year and in 1876 (40 miles from Q ). 



Became resident on Auchenbowie, marching on the north 

 with Sauchie. 



Bred for the first time at Boquhan, In 1876 eight birds 

 were seen, but the keeper at Arngomery shot four or five hens, 

 and they did not breed in 1877. 



1876. Two hens seen on Drum farm, Earl's Burn, up the 

 Carron valley above Denny, in an isolated patch of firs in the 

 midst of moorland (37 miles from Q ). These birds, no doubt, 

 came from Quarter woods, being attracted by the view of old 

 Scotch fir on the horizon at Sheppytroutie, whence again they 

 could see the younger plantations on the hill slopes at the 



1 The lessee of the Duchray shootings has never himself seen any Caper- 

 caillies on the ground. 



