CHAPTER XIII. 



EXTENSION IN OUTLYING COUNTIES. 

 LINLITHGOW. 



LINLITHGOW, marching with Stirlingshire, will, in course of 

 time, probably receive its supplies from the latter county, 

 through Callendar woods, near Falkirk, where the species 

 has as yet only once been met with (1878), although these 

 extensive woods, and others on Bonnymuir, are within sight 

 of Chasefield and Torwood covers. It is also a possible 

 line of advance, which has already been indicated by the 

 advent of the female bird shot at Dalmeny Park, near 

 Queensferry (48 miles from Q ), by Lord Eosebery ; which 

 bird was no doubt one of the two seen a few days before 

 by Mr. Paterson at Pitreavie, near Dunfermline. 1 But this 

 line of approach is less likely, as it will be dependent 

 upon the stocking of the woods of Pitreavie and Pitfirrane, 

 on both of which estates the wood is rather old, or of too 

 mixed a character, to afford good harbourage or make an 

 increase likely. The advance of the Capercaillie from this 

 direction will probably be dependent upon planting 011 the 

 Fife side of the Firth. 



1 Since this was written I have been informed by the keeper at Dalmeny 

 Park that another female bird had been seen at Dalmeny about six years before, 

 say 1871 ; and another has been seen on Craigie Hall since Lord Rosebery 

 shot the above. 



