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  tf8 
  

  

  are 
  few 
  more 
  strange 
  or 
  miem&bmg 
  sights 
  to 
  be 
  witnessed 
  by 
  

   the 
  field 
  naturalist 
  than 
  whai 
  m 
  fu 
  be 
  seen 
  at 
  early 
  morn 
  

   when 
  the 
  .Black 
  Cocks 
  meet 
  to 
  prove 
  their 
  power 
  in 
  battle. 
  

   Then 
  they 
  congregate 
  in 
  numbers 
  on 
  some 
  knoli, 
  and 
  there 
  

   fight 
  with 
  such 
  determine 
  t-.-.w.) 
  that, 
  some 
  are 
  scarcely 
  able 
  to 
  

   quit 
  the 
  field, 
  their 
  loud 
  cvim 
  -the 
  while 
  being 
  easily 
  beard, 
  a 
  

   mile 
  distant. 
  Thus 
  thev 
  begin 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  love, 
  

  

  of 
  birds' 
  were; 
  'brought 
  from 
  Sweden 
  to 
  Taymouth, 
  which 
  

   ; 
  them 
  our 
  present 
  stock 
  has 
  come. 
  Year 
  by 
  

   r 
  : 
  es 
  "ended 
  their 
  ground 
  northward, 
  and 
  are 
  now 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  rather 
  a 
  curious 
  fact 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  "extension 
  of 
  

   territory 
  " 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  female 
  that 
  takes 
  the 
  lead. 
  

   This 
  has 
  been 
  particularly 
  evident 
  in 
  the 
  approach 
  to 
  and 
  

   march 
  through 
  " 
  Bee/ 
  8 
  In 
  • 
  r@$j 
  case 
  where 
  the 
  Capercaillie 
  

  

  iHack 
  Cock 
  alone, 
  Pheasants 
  

   Mtrious 
  worn 
  of 
  this 
  soil 
  was 
  

  

  