MAJVIMALS. 



killed in 1879. At Glen Queich, south of Loch Tay, and near Easter 

 Shian it is probably extinct, the last killed having been about 1860 

 on the borders of Amulree and Easter Shian shootings. In the 

 east of the county, between 1870 and 1880, five were obtained, but 

 Mr. Paterson of Dalnaglar told me that he thought they must have 

 come long distances, and were not really daily inhabitants of the 

 glen. A few still exist about Dunkeld, but it was considered that 

 they would soon become extinct unless steps were taken for their 

 preservation. In the Carse of Gowrie and the range of the Sidlaw 

 Hills, Col. Drummond Hay remembers them as very abundant about 

 1820 to 1824, but they had become extinct many years ago. At 

 Dupplin several have been killed of late years, i.e. prior to 1882. 

 From all of the areas of the valleys of Allan and Earn west of this, 

 I can hear of none obtained of late years. 



Coming to the more westerly parts of the area, Mr. Macpherson 

 killed one on Ben More, and they were stated not to be extinct on 

 the Braes of Balquhidder (Forth), where one was got in 1879, and 

 another the same year at Glenbucket. Nor are they extinct — at the 

 time this was first -s^Titten — at Callendar. One was killed at Blair- 

 gany in 1877, and now, if any remain, they are preserved. They 

 were once abundant in Glen Ogle above Loch Earn and at the head 

 of Edinchip glen, but it seems doubtful if they exist there now. 



Thus it appears that the Badger has become rarer or extinct in 

 many parts of the north, and still rarer in the south of the county of 

 Perth ; also in the south-east and east, but retains a hold in the west 

 and central portions. 



In the extreme south-east one was caught by a poacher named 

 Frank Morgan along with two other men, Peter AUison and John 

 Pryde, who were alive in 1882, and who caught it in a common 

 hare-net at a gate. It was kept alive, but again escaped. This was 

 on the estate of Cromlix. 



Up to this point I have been quoting from my pre^-ious article. 

 Since that paper was published I have obtained a few more items 

 of some interest. 



The latest Mr. J. Milne has heard of to date of 1904 is of one 

 trapped in Fordoun Hill Wood about the year 1872 by the keeper 

 on the estate of Fordoun. Thus, apparently after a lapse of over 

 forty years, an old haunt has been revisited since the days of the New 

 Statistical Account (vide supra), ^yhence these came can only be 

 guessed at, but in 1864, or between 1864 and 1865, three are stated 

 to have been trapped in Glen Dye, which is just over the watershed. 



