Stan,
The not so rare book,"The Shooting Mans Bedside Book",by"BB"
[Dennis Watkins-Pitchford]contains a chapter from ,"Sport in Wildest Britain",By H.Hesketh Prichard,related to the Capercaillie;starts on page52.
From this we learn that the Caper was likely extinct in Scotland circa 1745.Efforts to re;establish the Caper in Scotland started in the early 19th century.Credit is given to Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton for successfully re;introducing the Caper to Scotland circa 1836.This was acomplished by the import of 29 birds from Sweden.
