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with on inland sheets of water, where it breeds. I shot a male 

 and female on the artificial loch at Brucklay Castle, in the begin- 

 ning of October, 1879. 



Gannet. — Sula bassana (Lin.). Tolerably common both along 

 the coast and at Strathbeg. There is one small rocky bay near 

 Aberdour, which they frequent in winter in considerable numbers. 



Great Cormorant. — Phalacrocorax carbo (Lin.). Pretty common 

 on the coast, and is sometimes seen a considerable distance inland. 



Stormy Petrel. — Proeellaria pelagica, Lin. Specimens of this 

 bird have often been obtained after severe gales from the sea, but 

 have generally been picked up dead. One was killed some years 

 ago on the moor at Aberdour by Mr. Duncan, the keeper there. 

 It is included in the lists of both Messrs. Arbuthnot and Edward. 



Northern Fulmar. — Fulmarus glacialis (Lin.). Bather rare. 



Dusky Shearwater. — Puffinus obscurus, Gm. Mentioned by 

 Mr. Edward as a rare species at the Loch of Strathbeg. 



Obs. Spur-winged Goose. — Plectropterus gambensis (Lin.). Mr. 

 Gray says that the only Scottish specimen of this rare bird which 

 he has seen recorded was shot in the neighbourhood of Banff in 

 February, 1855, and was preserved by Mr. Thomas Edward.* 



Bean Goose. — Anser segetum (Gm.). Some of this species are 

 seen every year, and in very severe winters they often visit the 

 Loch of Strathbeg in considerable numbers. 



Obs. Pink-footed Goose. — Anser brachyrhyncus, Baillon. A 

 somewhat small specimen of this genus was shot at Strathbeg in 

 spring of 1843, and was supposed to be a Pink-footed Goose. I 

 have no doubt that this species does visit Strathbeg frequently in 

 winter, but they are so extremely wary that they can seldom be 

 approached within shooting distance. 



White-fronted Goose. — Anser albifrons (Gm.). Has been ob- 

 tained on the Loch of Strathbeg. f 



Brent Goose. — Bernicla brenta (Pallas). By far the commonest 

 species of this genus frequenting Strathbeg and the coast. They 

 are to be seen in large numbers in some of the rocky bays near 

 Aberdour. 



Bernicle Goose. — Bernicla leucopsis (Bechst.). Specimens have 

 been obtained at Strathbeg. % 



* Gray's " Birds of West of Scotland," p. 355. 



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