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local naturalists it has been less numerous for a number of years." 

 (Mr Wm. Seton Meston.) 



Quail {Coturnix cotiirnix). — A specimen was sent to us from 

 Longhaven, by Mr T. Barclay, on i6th September 191 1. The 

 bird lacks one wing entirely, as the result, apparently, of an accident, 

 but the wound was quite healed. The bird had been taken alive 

 some time previously. 



Lapwing ( Vanellus vanelliis). — A note signed '* A. E. M. " in 

 The Scotsman, 21st September 1912, records an albino specimen seen 

 near Fraserburgh with other Lapwings, by which it was not well 

 received. The parts normally white were white, and the other parts, 

 including the crest, were pale yellowish. 



Little Auk {Alle alle). — Two were recorded inland early in 

 igi2. One was caught alive near Banchory on 20th January, and 

 - sent to us. Another was found dead on Monleith Hill, near 

 Durris, on 13th February, and brought to Mr A. Macdonald. 

 Numbers were found dead on the shore between the mouths of the 

 Don and the Ythan, at the end of January. 



Late in 1914 several specimens were sent to the University, 

 three of them from districts ten or twenty miles from the sea. All 

 these three were caught or found on or about 20th December. 

 One was sent from Drumoak, Kincardineshire, by Mr D. Gumming; 

 one from Skene by Mr T. Tait ; and one from Huntly (Mokay 

 Area). Another was caught by a cat in a Peterhead garden at the 

 end of the month. A record from Kincardineshire has already 

 been published {an tea, p. 23). 



Great Grested Grebe {Colymbus cristatus). — A male shot in 

 the Don estuary on 9th October 19 10 is in the University Museum. 

 The specimen was seen in the flesh. 



Red-necked Grebe {Colymbus griseigena). — By the kindness 

 of Miss D. Hamilton, the writer has examined an immature specimen 

 shot by the keeper at the Loch of Skene on 7th February 19 14. 



Leach's Fork-tailed Petrel {Oceanodroma leucorrhod). — One 

 was found on 5th May 1909, under the ridge of "the Mounth," 

 near Durris, and brought to V\.x A. Macdonald. (For previous 

 records, see Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., p. 120.) 



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