Capercaillie in Scotland ...David Douglas, 1888 - 155 strani |
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27 miles Abercairney abundant adjoining amongst antea appear Arran Arrived Athole Balgowan Bart Became established black game bred Brit British caillies Caper Capercaillie Cardross Carse of Gowrie cock Crieff DAVID DOUGLAS decrease Dictionary district Doune Drummond Castle Dunkeld Edinburgh edition eggs estates extensive extinct female Fife forests Forfar Forfarshire Fowlis Wester Gaelic gamekeeper Gask Glen grouse hatched hills Hotel hybrid increasing informs insects introduced Inverness Ireland James killed Lanrick larch larvæ latter localities Loch Loch Earn Lord male bird mentioned naturalist nest occur Perth Perthshire pine plantations planted preserved probably Professor Newton quoted Rannoch record Restoration Robert Ross Priory says Scotch fir Scotland Scots fir Scottish seen shoots Sidlaw hills species specimen spelling statistics Stirling Stirlingshire suitable woods Sweden Tay valley Taymouth Thomas Fowell Buxton tion Torwood trees Tulliallan valley vide wild word young birds
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Stran 38 - ... January 1828. It consisted of a cock and hen, but the hen unfortunately died after reaching Montrose Bay. As the male bird alone arrived at Braemar, the experiment was judiciously tried of putting a common barn-door fowl into his apartment 'during the spring and summer of 1828. The result was, that she laid several eggs, which were placed under other hens, but from these eggs only a single bird was hatched, and when it was first observed it was found lying dead. It was, however an evident mule,...
Stran 37 - Scottish forests, and the following interesting account of the attempts which have been made at Mar Lodge, and of the habits of the female and young, will be read with interest. " I was wading down the Dee one fine afternoon, a little below Mar Lodge, and with a lighter pannier than usual, when I heard the cry of a bird to which I was unaccustomed, and my bad success in that day's angling, induced me the more readily to diverge -from the ' pure element of waters,' to ascertain what this might be.
Stran 39 - ... contrived, however, that the female could have access to both the males, whilst they, from their greater size, could neither approach each other, nor disturb the female as long as she chose to remain in her own apartment. In May and June of that year she laid twelve eggs, seven of which were set under a common hen. Of these, four were hatched in an apparently healthy state, one was addle, and the other two contained dead birds. Of those left with the capercailzie hen, she broke one, and sat upon...
Stran 41 - ... plumage of the latter was much darker, their general dimensions were greater, their bills larger and more hooked. These characters became very apparent during November and December. " The old males have never yet had access to the young birds, so that it has not been ascertained whether they entertain any natural regard for their offspring, or would manifest any enmity towards them. From the continued wildness of the old birds, especially the males, it was found difficult to weigh them, without...
Stran 21 - ... Eagles do them more Mischief than both the others together. It was one of their chief Complaints, when they were disarmed, in the Year 1725, that they were deprived of the Means to. destroy those noxious Animals, and that a great Increase of them must necessarily follow the Want of their Fire-Arms. Of the eatable Part of the feathered Kind peculiar to the Mountains is, First, the Cobberkely, which is sometimes called a wild Turkey, but not like it, otherwise than in Size. This is very seldom...
Stran 18 - Pilgrimage," relating to a great hunt given by the Earl of Marr in 1618. " I thank my good Lord Erskine (says the poet) ; hee commanded that I should alwayes bee lodged in his lodging, the kitchen being alwayes on the side of a banke, many kettles and pots boyling, and many spits turning and winding with great variety of cheere, as venison baked, sodden, rost, and stu'de; beef, mutton, goates, kid, hares, fish, salmon, pigeons, hens, capons, chickens, partridge, moorcoots, heathcocks, caperkillies,...