THE RARER ANIMALS OF SCOTLAND. 17 
male, which was sent to the late Marquis. It was a noble animal, 
and, as Mr. Dewar relates, easily knocked over his terrier with 
each stroke of its paw, and turned twice upon himself when he went 
to save his terrier. In 1836 three were killed by Peter Mackay, 
gamekeeper, who is still alive, on the hill above T'aymouth Castle. 
It is believed to have been extinct in Glen Lyon for more than 
forty years. In Rannoch, also, it is probably extinct. The last 
killed at Dunalastair, on the river Tummel, was about the year 
1852. A little farther south, on Glen Queich Moor, one was 
trapped in Glen Lochan, above Lovh Vullein, in the Amulree 
district, about thirty years ago, by a keeper employed by Guthrie, 
the well-known head-gamekeeper at Taymouth. This would be 
about 1850, and none have been seen or heard of since in that 
district. They are extinct, also, in Glen Shee, in the east of 
Perthshire, the last having been trapped at Dalnaglar, about 
eleven or twelve years ago (say 1869 or 1870). Another is 
recorded as having been killed in Glen Queich, about forty years 
ago (say 1840) by a farmer and his dogs. The tussle was a hard 
one, and only under favourable circumstances could such a capture 
have been made. Wild Cats existed about 1842, and till a later 
date, on Loch Erroch side, and Mr. D. MacGregor, now deceased, 
could remember the young calling in the Black Wood of Rannoch 
when they were being fed. ‘The general information supplied by 
one of my correspondents—viz., that since he ‘‘ took an interest 
in Natural History (now somewhat over twenty years) he cannot 
remember ever seeing or having heard of one being captured 
in the county of Perth” —pretty accurately fixes the date at which 
they became really rare there, and it will be seen that I have only 
succeeded in obtaining record of three instances since that time. 
My correspondent further adds that during that time, “ the 
so-called ‘ Wild Cats’ which were shot or trapped proved on close 
examination to be domestic cats which had taken to the woods,” 
In these three instances, however, there is good reason to believe 
the genuineness of the records. 
Argyleshire.—Though not extinct in this county, it has receded 
to the more remote and mountainous districts. It is still found 
not uncommonly in several districts, occasionally in Sunart, 
Ardgower and Morven, and Lochiel, and perhaps Ardnamurchan ; 
also in the northern parts which are separated from Invernesshire 
by Loch Leven, in the upper parts by Glencreran and Glen Duror. 
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