. A fauna of the Tay Basin & Strathmore . ident in Drum-tochty Woods. But Mr. J. Milne tells me that there had been anintroduction there about 1870, by eggs from near Criefi, since whichtime there has been a rapid increase—as many as twenty havingbeen shot in one day (9th December 1896). They are also present,but not so abundantly, in Glensaugh, and on Fordoun estates; atDalavaird and Glenbervie more numerous, and have bred at theseplaces for some years back. They are now very numerous at Fasque(see original essaj^, and the map, and remarks ante, p. 283). Theyare to be found, too, above Fetter
. A fauna of the Tay Basin & Strathmore . ident in Drum-tochty Woods. But Mr. J. Milne tells me that there had been anintroduction there about 1870, by eggs from near Criefi, since whichtime there has been a rapid increase—as many as twenty havingbeen shot in one day (9th December 1896). They are also present,but not so abundantly, in Glensaugh, and on Fordoun estates; atDalavaird and Glenbervie more numerous, and have bred at theseplaces for some years back. They are now very numerous at Fasque(see original essaj^, and the map, and remarks ante, p. 283). Theyare to be found, too, above Fettercairn (property of the HonourableC. F. Trefusis). All of these are Kincardineshire localities. Mr. Milne describes a fight between a male Capercaillie and amale Pheasant, also a defiance by a Caper-cock to a spaniel. He addsas regards their present distribution— scarcely so numerous after ^ As I have said before, the minute history of this great denudation of our forestsmight well form a fine monograph on a not yet exhausted LAWBANCE BANVILLE, THE IRISH KEEPER TO SIR THOS. POWELL BUXTON, WHO BROUGHT OVER THE CAPERCAILLIES TO TAYMOnTH FROM SWEDES. BIRDS. 285 the wind-storm of 1893, however, which levelled so many of thepines. In the north and north-west Capercaillies are known to havereached Rannoch as far as Camusericht; and it was known tohave nested there occasionally by that time. It has also made its way out of Glen Dochart in the south-westover into Argyll, but not as yet in force; nests, however, have beenknown for the past few years. One of these great waves, so to speak, of productiveness whichappear periodically, as well amongst birds as amongst mammals,appears to have taken place recently at what may still be consideredthe head-centre of their population—viz. at Dunkeld. In 1897,and again in 1902, Mr. W. Evans was assured of a very great increasethere, and the bags I will presently quote bear this out completely,and, it may be safely predicted, will re
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