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The tails of black-cocks have, since late Victorian times, been popular adornments for hats worn with Highland Dress.

Most commonly associated with Glengarry and Balmoral or Tam O ' Shanter caps, they still continue to be worn by pipers of civilian and military pipe bands.

Since 1904, all ranks of the Royal Scots and King's Own Scottish Borderers have worn them in their full-dress headgear and that tradition is carried on in the dress glengarries of the current Scottish-super regiment, The Royal Regiment of Scotland.