THE WOOD OKOUS^ OR CAPERCAILZIE. 1 19 
" * Even in tii« wild state, the capercailzie fre- 
quently fori^ets his tnberent ahynesn, and will attack 
people when approachin-; Ins place of resort. Mr 
Adlerberg tneniions such an accurrence. During a 
Dumber of year!«, an old capercailzie cock had been 
in the habit of frequenting the estate of VilUnge at 
Wernidci. who, as often as he hcftr<i the Toicc of 
people in the adjoining wood, had llie boldness to 
station himseif on the ground, and during- a continual 
flapping of his winga, pecked at tlie legs and feet of 
tliose that di^jtnrbed hk (iumaln. 
" * Mr BreUm, also, mentions in his Appendix, 
page 6:^6, a capnrcailstie cock that frequented a wood 
a mile distant from Henthcndorf, in winch was a 
path or roadway, 'i'hh bird, eo soon as it perceived 
any pt^rson njjproaeh, would fly towards him* peck 
at In-* legH, and rsip him with its wingp, and was with 
much dirticuliy driven away.' 
" At the period of the year of which I am now 
speaking, I usually shot the capercailzie in company 
with my Lapland dogy Brunette, (a cocker,) of which 
1 have already made mention. She commonly fluah- 
ed them from the ground, where, for the puqjose of 
feeding upon berries, he, they are much during the 
autumnal nifunhs. In this case, if they saw only 
the dog, their flight in general was short, and they 
Hoon perched in the trees. Here, as Brunette had 
the eye of an eagle and the foot of an antelope, she 
waa not long in following tlietn. Sometitues, how< 
