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one was shot by him on the sands near .Banff, 7th July, 1854, 

 when feeding in company with the Arctic Tern.* 



Little Tern. — Sterna minuta, Lin. Breeds on this coast. See 

 note upon Common Tern. 



Ivory Gull. — Pagophila eburitea (Phipps). Has been obtained 

 upon several occasions. Rev. Jas. Smith, of Monquhitter, in 

 a note to the Zoologist, mentions one killed by Mr. Thomas 

 Edward on the rocks about four miles to the eastward of Banff, 

 on 29th January, 1847,t another, which is preserved in the Banff 

 Museum, was shot by the same gentleman near Gardenstown in 

 the end of December, 1860. 



Kittiwake. — Rissa tridactyla (Lin. ). Common all along the coast. 

 Inhabits the cliffs, such as Troup Head, Pennan Head, &c, in com- 

 pany with the Razor-bill, Guillemot, and Puffin. 



Black-headed Gull. — Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Lin.). Com- 

 mon. Breed on the islands of Stratkbeg. 



Little Gull. — Chroicocephalus minutus (Pall.). There is a very 

 perfect adult specimen of this bird in the Elgin Museum, which 

 was killed near Fraserburgh on 28th June, 1854.1 



Iceland Gull. — Larus leucopterus (Faber). An occasional 

 winter visitant. 



Great Black-backed Gull. — Larus marinus, Lin. Pretty 

 common. This bird used to breed on the larger island on 

 the Loch of Strathbeg.^ 



Lesser Black-backed Gull. — Larus fuscus, Lin. A common 

 species. 



Herring Gull. — Larus argentatus, Gm. Common. Often seen 

 feeding along the coast in company with Kittfwakes and Black- 

 headed Gulls. 



Glaucous Gull. — Larus glaucus, Lin. Always to be seen on 

 this coast in winter. 



Common Gull. — Larus canus, Lin. By no means so common 

 on this coast as the Black-headed and Lesser Black-backed Gulls. 



Great Skua. — Stercorariics cataractes (Lin.). To be seen every 

 winter on this coast. 



Richardson's Skua. — Stercorarius crepidatus (Gm.). A rare 



* Nat., vol. iv., pp. 226, 239-247, and 263-277. 

 t ZooL, vol. v., p. 1700, and vol. xix., p. 7387. 

 X Gray's " Birds of the West of Scotland," p. 474. 

 § Nat,, vol. iv., pp. 263-271. 



