﻿BIRDS. 
  

  

  HI 
  

  

  pleises 
  thair 
  mouth, 
  quha 
  eitis 
  her, 
  with 
  a 
  gentle 
  taste, 
  maist 
  

   acceptable. 
  Sche 
  lyues 
  of 
  only 
  the 
  tuigs 
  or 
  tendir 
  branches 
  of 
  

   this 
  trie' 
  (loc. 
  cit. 
  p. 
  138). 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  given 
  the 
  English 
  quotations 
  as 
  above, 
  as 
  in 
  our 
  

   former 
  account 
  we 
  only 
  give 
  part 
  quotations 
  from 
  the 
  earlier 
  Latin 
  

   editions. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  preserve 
  the 
  chronological 
  continuity 
  of 
  our 
  

   treatment 
  of 
  this 
  noble 
  species, 
  we 
  offer 
  no 
  apology 
  for 
  quoting 
  

   what 
  we 
  have 
  already 
  said 
  regarding 
  it 
  in 
  another 
  place. 
  1 
  

  

  In 
  Inverness 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  following: 
  — 
  'In 
  Hartings' 
  "Sale 
  

   Catalogue 
  "of 
  his 
  collection 
  of 
  eggs 
  (Stevens', 
  6th 
  June 
  1872, 
  p. 
  20) 
  

   occurs 
  the 
  entry 
  : 
  — 
  Capercaillie 
  — 
  Tetrao 
  urogallus 
  — 
  two 
  : 
  Guisachan, 
  

   Inverness, 
  May 
  1868. 
  E. 
  Hargitt." 
  They 
  were 
  introduced 
  about 
  

   that 
  time, 
  young 
  birds 
  having 
  been 
  presented 
  to 
  Sir 
  Dudley 
  

   Marjoribanks 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Mercer 
  of 
  Gorthy, 
  near 
  Methven, 
  Perth 
  ; 
  

   and 
  the 
  year 
  previous 
  eggs 
  were 
  sent 
  from 
  Perthshire 
  to 
  Guisa- 
  

   chan. 
  I 
  learn 
  from 
  one 
  correspondent 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  birds 
  at 
  

   Guisachan 
  have 
  died 
  off.' 
  

  

  'In 
  1873 
  birds 
  were 
  introduced 
  at 
  Invereshie, 
  Inverness-shire, 
  

   but 
  were 
  never 
  fairly 
  established. 
  A 
  cock 
  was 
  shot 
  in 
  1875, 
  and 
  

   at 
  present 
  — 
  1878 
  — 
  only 
  one 
  hen 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  seen. 
  There 
  is 
  abundance 
  

   of 
  suitable 
  cover, 
  extending 
  four 
  miles 
  in 
  one 
  direction, 
  and 
  half 
  a 
  

   mile 
  broad, 
  and 
  the 
  present 
  keeper 
  has 
  instructions 
  to 
  introduce 
  

   them 
  again 
  next 
  year.' 
  

  

  Former 
  occurrences 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  are 
  given 
  under 
  

   previous 
  heads 
  (op. 
  cit. 
  pp. 
  16, 
  20, 
  26). 
  This 
  older 
  history 
  is 
  related 
  

   as 
  just 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Bishop 
  Leslie 
  (Disc. 
  Reg. 
  Scotuie, 
  1578, 
  edition 
  

   1675, 
  Roma, 
  p. 
  24), 
  by 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  related 
  that 
  it 
  occurred 
  in 
  Ross 
  

   and 
  in 
  Lochaber, 
  but 
  is 
  spoken 
  of 
  as 
  'rarissima.' 
  It 
  is 
  mentioned 
  

   also 
  by 
  Rev. 
  Lachlan 
  Shaw 
  (A 
  History 
  of 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Moray, 
  

   1775, 
  second 
  edition, 
  1827, 
  p. 
  207) 
  as 
  inhabiting 
  the 
  province 
  ; 
  and 
  

   Pennant 
  (Tour 
  in 
  Scotland, 
  1769) 
  has 
  an 
  interesting 
  passage 
  regard- 
  

   ing 
  its 
  occurrence 
  prior 
  to 
  extinction 
  in 
  Inverness, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  

   often 
  quoted. 
  He 
  appears 
  only 
  to 
  have 
  seen 
  one 
  specimen, 
  which 
  

   1 
  was 
  killed 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Chisholm 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  (in 
  err. 
  for 
  

   west, 
  H.-B.) 
  of 
  Inverness.' 
  The 
  New 
  Statistical 
  Account 
  relates 
  in 
  

   1845 
  that 
  'the 
  Capercaillie 
  or 
  Cock 
  of 
  the 
  Wood 
  was 
  seen 
  in 
  

  

  1 
  The 
  Capercaillie 
  in 
  Scotland, 
  1879, 
  p. 
  93. 
  Note. 
  — 
  A 
  later 
  iaauo 
  is 
  dated 
  on 
  

   title-page 
  1888. 
  

  

  