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CAPERCAILLIE. 
WOOD GROUSE. 
Tetrao urogallus, | PENNANT. Montacu. 
Urogallus major, BRIsson. 
Tetrao—EFrom the Hindoostanee. Urogallus, Urus—A bull. 
Gallus—A Cock. 
Tuts chieftain Grouse, the pride of the northern forest, has 
long since disappeared from the scene where his race for ages 
dwelt: the gallant Capercailzie of Scotland is no more. ‘The 
year °45’ was a ‘memorable’ one in the records of the clan, 
for then he last was seen in Strath Spey, though he held his 
own in Strath Glass and Glen Moriston till 1769. The warning 
to Lochiel might have been applied to the bird, the ‘Lowlands’ 
proved the destruction of both. Still he claims a place in my 
‘History of British Birds,’ and though the native branch of 
his family is extinct, collateral ones continue to hold sway 
in other lands, and individuals from them have several times 
been introduced with a view to their re-naturalization here, 
and with some success. In 1888 and 1839, Lord Breadalbane 
received fifty-four adult birds from Norway; and their 
descendants in large numbers dignify the old woods about 
Taymouth Castle, Drummond Hill, Kenmore Hill, Croftmorraig 
Hill, and others, and several move down every year to Strath 
Tay, Blair Athol, Dunkeld and Crieff, so that the ‘king of 
the game birds may now be said to be restored to his hereditary 
dominions.’ Lord Fyfe also introduced a pair at Mar Lodge, 
about the beginning of January, 1828, and a second pair in 
February 1889. The Duchess of Athol had some sent to her 
at Blair. They are said to have been formerly found in Ireland. 
The Capercaillie inhabits the northern countries of Europe, 
as far as the pine tree flourishes, which is very nearly to the 
