192 RED GROUSE 
and Grouse upon the Calf have totally failed’* (Manz 
Note-Book, No. 8, p. 171). In 1835 the Game Act states 
that ‘Grouse, though formerly abundant, are now entirely 
extinct,’ but that it is intended to re-introduce them. 
Whether any attempt at this was then made or not, 
in 1839 they were, Forbes says, no longer to be 
found.” 
Mr. J. C. Crellin tells me the last pair of these old 
Grouse was once to be seen stuffed in the Douglas Head 
lighthouse, having been killed during the breeding season 
(the hen on the nest !). 
About 1880 Grouse were re-introduced (Mr. Crellin tells 
me, in the first instance by the late Mr. J. Brooke, of 
Druidale), and are now resident in limited numbers in 
various parts of the uplands which are covered with heather, 
Such moors are the highest portion of the southern hills, 
including the summit of South Barrule; the ridge south of 
Karrin between the glens of Ballaugh and Sulby; Greeba 
and its northward prolongation ; and the lofty smooth fells 
clothed with purple heath and blaeberry which form the 
divide of the Cornah and Laxey valleys, and descend toward 
Dhoon in the long slope of Slieu Ruy. 
The author much regrets that on one at least of these 
shootings the detestable pole-trap has been introduced. 
Of seven hundred and sixty-six Grouse registered in 1902 
twenty only were Manx, and in 1903 nineteen out of seven 
hundred and forty-seven. 
The species is plentiful in suitable parts of the surrounding 
1 Mr. Quayle adds: ‘But I have fitted up a Banquetting House in that place, 
where I should be happy to see you next summer.’ 
2 There is some slight discrepancy, which I cannot explain, in the statements 
as to the exact time when the older breed of Grouse failed on our hills. Some 
of my local informants are sure that it continued into the forties, but this may 
have been re-introduction. Mr. Wm. Kerruish says that his personal acquaint- 
ance with the Red Grouse on the Maughold hills was between the dates 
(approximately) of 1837 and 1846; after the latter year the species was extinct. 
