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Rh hatched out during the season of 1839. By an article published in the Sporting Review, for April, 1840, it appears that the greatest success was obtained by putting the eggs laid in the aviary into the nests of wild Black Grouse. Forty-nine young Capercailzie were by this single method alone known to be hatched in the open country.



The Capercailzie is about the size of a Turkey: a fine male will sit fully two feet above the branch on which he is perched; Mr. Yarrell gives the length of a specimen as three feet four inches. The general plumage is blackish, minutely freckled