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  same 
  year. 
  No 
  other 
  results 
  from 
  this 
  attempted 
  introduction 
  are 
  

   recorded. 
  

  

  In 
  1885, 
  when 
  at 
  a 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  Physical 
  Society, 
  

   Edinburgh, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Anderson 
  mentioned 
  to 
  Harvie-Brown, 
  viva 
  

   voce, 
  that 
  Capercaillies 
  had 
  at 
  last 
  reached 
  into 
  Speyside. 
  At 
  that 
  

   time 
  Mr. 
  Anderson 
  resided 
  at 
  Strathearn 
  Lodge, 
  Strathearn 
  Place, 
  

   Edinburgh, 
  but 
  all 
  applications 
  for 
  further 
  information 
  has 
  resulted 
  

   in 
  no 
  confirmatory 
  evidence, 
  though 
  we 
  applied 
  again 
  amongst 
  the 
  

   circulars 
  sent 
  out 
  on 
  February 
  10th, 
  1892. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Fauna 
  of 
  Moray, 
  however, 
  edition 
  1889, 
  occurs 
  the 
  

   statement 
  : 
  — 
  1 
  The 
  Capercaillie 
  now 
  breeds 
  in 
  Darnaway 
  woods 
  ' 
  

   {op. 
  cit. 
  p. 
  46). 
  

  

  Now, 
  in 
  1881, 
  when 
  passing 
  Dalwhinnie 
  in 
  the 
  train 
  going 
  

   south, 
  on 
  the 
  24th 
  July, 
  Harvie-Brown 
  saw 
  what 
  was 
  almost 
  without 
  

   a 
  doubt 
  a 
  female 
  Capercaillie 
  sitting 
  on 
  the 
  fence 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  

   plantation, 
  which 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  — 
  partly, 
  at 
  least 
  — 
  consumed 
  by 
  

   fire 
  ; 
  and 
  from 
  what 
  Mr. 
  Macdonald 
  afterwards 
  told 
  us, 
  this 
  bird 
  

   appeared 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  frequenting 
  the 
  same 
  patch 
  of 
  wood 
  for 
  about 
  

   three 
  weeks 
  (Journals, 
  1881, 
  p. 
  341, 
  q.v.). 
  

  

  Again, 
  the 
  same 
  year 
  (1881), 
  on 
  November 
  27th, 
  a 
  male 
  

   Capercaillie 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Dalwhinnie, 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  hotel, 
  by 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  sportsmen, 
  and 
  we 
  afterwards 
  ascertained 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  killed 
  by 
  

   a 
  very 
  good 
  friend 
  of 
  our 
  own 
  — 
  Mr. 
  David 
  Lamb. 
  The 
  bird 
  was 
  

   presented, 
  with 
  a 
  silver 
  plate 
  on 
  the 
  case 
  giving 
  particulars 
  of 
  

   the 
  capture, 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Macdonald, 
  and 
  was 
  seen 
  by 
  us 
  on 
  31st 
  July 
  

   1885. 
  

  

  How 
  much 
  the 
  said 
  note 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Anderson 
  bears 
  upon 
  

   these 
  last-related 
  facts 
  we 
  cannot 
  say, 
  owing 
  to 
  insufficient 
  data, 
  

   but 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  our 
  subsequent 
  ineffectual 
  attempts 
  to 
  hear 
  

   anything 
  further 
  corroborative, 
  we 
  feel 
  inclined 
  to 
  dismiss 
  its 
  im- 
  

   portance, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  can 
  see, 
  and 
  to 
  pass 
  on. 
  

  

  In 
  1891 
  we 
  received 
  the 
  following 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  Capercaillie 
  

   at 
  Darnaway 
  from 
  Mr. 
  William 
  Brown 
  (factor 
  on 
  Darnaway), 
  

   Earlsmill, 
  Forres: 
  — 
  'They 
  occur 
  there 
  now 
  (i.e. 
  1891), 
  and 
  are 
  

   resident. 
  They 
  arrived 
  of 
  their 
  own 
  accord. 
  There 
  had 
  been 
  an 
  

   introduction, 
  the 
  Earl 
  of 
  Moray 
  having 
  sent 
  eggs 
  from 
  Douue 
  

   Lodge 
  (south-west 
  Perthshire) 
  about 
  1883. 
  These 
  eggs 
  were 
  

   hatched 
  by 
  hens, 
  but 
  the 
  young 
  birds 
  all 
  died. 
  In 
  tin* 
  spring 
  

   of 
  1883 
  the 
  keeper 
  saw 
  one 
  cock. 
  The 
  present 
  residents 
  arrived 
  

  

  