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Blue Titmouse. — Parus coerideus, Lin. Also common in the 

 wooded parts of the district, and is seen in greater numbers every 

 year. 



Coal Titmouse. — Parus ater, Lin. Commoner than either of 

 the two last-named species. 



Long-tailed Titmouse. — Acredula caudata (Lin.). Rare. I have 

 seen it only in one place, near Aberdour, among some birch trees 

 close to the Brucklay Castle keeper's house. 



Obs. Great Gray Shrike. — Lanius excubitor, Lin. A speci- 

 men was caught in the rigging of a ship about sixty miles off the 

 coast of Aberdeenshire, and it was brought into the harbour of 

 Fraserburgh alive. This was on the 8th October, I860.* 



Red-backed Shrike. — Lanius collurio, Lin. Mentioned in a 

 list of the birds of Peterhead prepared by Mr. Adam Arbuthnot, 

 which is published in the New Statistical Account of Scotland, 

 vol. xii., p. 351. The specimen is a male, and was obtained 

 about the year 1833. It is still in the museum at Peterhead. 



Waxwing. — Ampelis garrulus, Lin. Regular winter visitant. 

 In severe winters tolerably common. One was killed in the gar- 

 den at Kinmundy, near Peterhead, about the beginning of April, 

 1851.f Many others have been seen and killed at Brucklay, 

 Loch of Strathbeg, &c. 



Pied Flycatcher. — Muscicapa atricapilla, Lin. In May, 1849, 

 one was killed in a plantation at Brucklay Castle. $ Another was 

 killed at Peterhead in May, 1872, on the authority of Mr. G. Sim, 

 naturalist, Aberdeen. § Mr. Henderson, gamekeeper to Mrs. 

 Gordon of Cluny, tells me that two were killed, near Pitfour, by 

 Mr. Grant, keeper to Col. Ferguson, of Pitfour, about the ^same 

 time as the Brucklay one. 



Spotted Flycatcher. — Muscicapa yrisola, Lin. An occasional 

 visitor. 



Pied Wagtail. — Motacilla lugubris, Temminck. Common, and 

 breeds at the Loch of Strathbeg. 



Gray Wagtail. — Motacilla sulphur ea, Bechst. Rare, but a 

 few pairs are to be seen every year on or near the shore. 



Yellow Wagtail. — Motacilla rail (Bonaparte). This graceful 

 bird is to be found on the sandy hillocks covered with bent grass 



* Zoologist, vol. xviii., p. 12'So. t Nat., vol. i., p. 147. 



X Zool, vol. viii., p. 2651. § Scot. Nat., vol. i., p. ±iG. 



