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Miss Christian Baircl of New Byth, the Eagles returned to the 

 rocks, and remained until the estate passed into the hands of the 

 Honourable Win. Gordon, when they again fled, and have never 

 been seen again in the country. These facts, marvellous as they 

 may appear, are attested by a cloud of living witnesses."* 



Mr. G. Sim tells me that a specimen of the Golden Eagle was 

 killed at Pitfour on the 26th November, 1869. An immature 

 specimen was killed at Cairness about 1829. f 



White-tailed Eagle. — Haliaetus albicilla (Lin.). Included in 

 Mr. Arbuthnot's list of birds of Peterhead. \ 



Kite. — Milims ictinus (Savigny). Formerly pretty plentiful 

 along the coast line, but now exceedingly rare. One has been 

 killed at Aberdour by Mr. Duncan, the Brucklay Castle keeper. 



Honey Buzzard. — Pernis apivorus (Lin.). Mr. Hyatt shot a 

 Honey Buzzard in the pleasure grounds of Crimonmogate, in Sep- 

 tember, 1864.§ 



Osprey. — Pandion haliaetus (Lin.). There is a beautiful speci- 

 men of this bird in the collection at Brucklay Castle. Mr. 

 Edward once saw one fishing in the Loch of Strathbeg. 



GALLINAE. 



Pallas' Sand-Grouse. — Syrrhaptes paradoxus (Pall.). I am in- 

 formed by Mr. G. Sim that two of this species were shot at New 

 Deer, near Brucklay Castle, in 1863, and were sold by him to the 

 Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow. 



Bed Grouse. — Lagopus scoticus (Lath.). The country best 

 suited for this bird is becoming more contracted in its area every 

 year. Formerly there were numerous large pieces of moss 

 scattered all over the district, but now these are few and far 

 between. At Mormond Hill and at Aberdour, as well as a few 

 other places, the Red Grouse is still very plentiful. 



Black Grouse. — Tetrao tetrix, Lin. Not nearly so numerous 

 as formerly. It is still to be found, however, on the hills of 

 Mormond and Aberdour. Late in the season they go down in 

 flocks to wherever there is a small bit of moss, and feed on the 

 surrounding stooks. It is wonderful how far from a moor of any 

 size they are sometimes to be found. 



*New Stat. Acct., vol. xii., p. 261. t Nat., vol. iv., p. 263-271. 



X New Stat. Acct., vol. xii., p. 351. %ZooL, 2nd ser., vol. ii., p. 55o. 



