254 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Obs. Canada Goose. — Bemicla canadensis (Lin.). Mr. Edward 

 mentions in the paper above quoted that a bird resembling this 

 species was obtained at Strathbeg in 1879. When first observed 

 it was surrounded and beset by a host of other wild-fowl, which were 

 teasing it. 



Red-breasted Goose. — Bemicla ruficollis (Pall.). Once seen at 

 Strathbeg. * 



Mute Swelii.— -Cygnus olor (Gm.). Common. 



Whooper. — Cygnus musicus, Bechst. Swans are frequently 

 seen and shot on the Loch of Strathbeg and the coast between 

 Fraserburgh and Banff. In the New Stat. Acct. of Scotland, under 

 the heading of Crimond Parish, it says that " many are shot on the 

 Loch of Strathbeg, and that the skins often fetch as much as 10s. 

 or 12s. for the sake of the down."f 



Polish Swan. — Cygnus immutabilis, Yarrell. Only two speci- 

 mens of this bird are mentioned by Mr. Edward as having occurred 

 at Strathbeg, one in 1814, and the other in 1826. On 16th April, 

 1860, a flock of thirty wild Swans visited the Loch of Strathbeg. 

 The resident Swans {Cygnus olor), although not half so numerous, 

 would not allow them to rest, but drove them off. 



Egyptian Goose. — Chenalopex aegyptiaca (Gm.). One was seen 

 in a pond attached to the manse at Crimond by the Rev. A. Boyd 

 in the winter of 1854. J 



Sheldrake. — Tadorna comuta (S. G. Gmelin). Rare. Some- 

 times obtained at Strathbeg. It is included among the birds of 

 Peterhead. § 



Widgeon. — Mareca penelope (Lin.). Common. 



Garganey. — Querquedula circia (Lin.). Three were seen by Mr. 

 Thomas Edward in the summer of 1850 on the Loch of Strathbeg. II 



Teal. — Nettium crecca (Lin.). Very common all over the 

 district. 



Pintail. — Dajila acuta (Lin.). Rare, but is occasionally got at 

 Strathbeg and other inland lochs. It was once seen on the 

 Deveron by the Rev. Jas. Smith, of Monquhitter.U It is included 

 in Mr. Arbuthnot's list of the birds of Peterhead. A pair of 

 Pintails were seen by Mr. W. C. Angus on the Loch of Slains on 



* Macgillivray's " History of British Birds," vol. iv., p. 636. 



t New Stat. Acct., 1845, vol. xii., p. 705. 



X Nat., vol. iv., pp. 239-247. § New Stat. Acct., vol. xii., p. 351. 



|| Nat,, vol. iv., pp. 239-247. 1 Zool, vol. vi., p. 2292. 



