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Order XI 



Family in this country, the Capercaillie or Wood-grouse, 

 the Black Grouse, the Red Grouse, and the Ptarmigan. 

 The CapercailUe (Tetrao urogallus) used to breed in 

 ancient times in aU four divisions of the realm, but 

 finally became extinct in Scotland before the year 1800. 

 In 1837, however, it was reintroduced to the Loch Tay 

 district, and is now common in many parts of central 



Hen Capercaillie 



Scotland, and has spread past the Grampians to Ross- 

 shire as well as southward to Wigtonshire. Scandi- 

 navia and Russia are its great strongholds, but it is 

 found on the great southern ranges of Europe and 

 across Siberia to Lake Baikal. This magnificent game- 

 bird, which seems even bigger than it is when it falls 

 to the gun, is, in the male, blackish grey above and 



