THE WOOD GROUSE OK CAPERCAILZIE. 141 
“ ‘ Even in his wild stale, the capercailzie fre- 
quently forgets his inherent shyness, and will attack 
people when approaching his place of resort. Mr 
Adlerberg mentions such an occurrence. During a 
number of years, an old capercailzie cock had been 
in the habit of frequenting the estate of Villinge at 
Wermdo, who, as often as he heard the voice of 
people in the adjoining wood, had the boldness to 
station himself on the ground, and during a continual 
flapping of his wings, pecked at the legs and feet of 
those that disturbed his domain. 
“ ‘ Mr Brehm, also, mentions in his Appendix, 
page , a capercailzie cock that frequented a wood 
a mile distant from Renthendorf, in which was a 
path or roadway. This bird, so soon as it perceived 
any person approach, would fly towards him, peck 
at his legs, and rap him with its wings, and was with 
much difficulty tiriven aw'ay.’ 
“ At the period of the year of which 1 am now 
speaking, I usually shot the capercailzie in company 
with my Lapland tlog. Brunette, (a cocker,) of which 
1 have already made mention. She commonly flush- 
ed them from the ground, where, for the purpose of 
feeding upon berries, &c. they are much during the 
autumnal months. In this case, if they saw only 
the dog, their flight in general was short, and they 
soon perched in the trees. Here,- as Brunette had 
the eye of an eagle and the foot of an antelope, she 
was not long in following them. Sometimes, how- 
