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— Occasionally seen off the Buchan coast during the herring fishing, 

 on the authority of Mr. James Couper, the Fishery officer at 

 Fraserburgh. 



Family: Delphinidae. 



18. Narwhal. Monodon monoceros, Lin. — Last summer, I am 

 informed by the Fishery or Coastguard officer at Penman, a White 

 Whale was seen disporting itself in the bay at Penman, and that 

 Col. Garden Campbell, of Troup, fired several shots at it. It 

 disappeared, however, and was seen about an hour afterwards by 

 the salmon fishers at Aberdour, making in the direction of Fraser- 

 burgh. This is the only White Whale known to have been seen 

 on this coast. 



19. Killer or Grampus. Orca gladiator (Lacepede). — Very 

 common on this coast during the herring-fishing. Several have 

 come ashore at Penman of late years. One measuring twelve feet 

 in length came ashore at Nethermill about tw r elve years ago, and 

 one at Gamrie three years ago. 



20. Pilot- Whale. Globicephalus melas (Trail). — Mr. Couper, 

 of Fraserburgh, tells me that the Pilot- Whale is frequently seen 

 during the fishing season off this coast. 



21. Porpoise. Phocoena communis, F. Cuvier. — Seen in great 

 numbers while the herring are off the coast. 



Order V. — Artiodactyla. 

 Family : Cervidae. 



21. Fallow-Deer. Cervu* dama } Lin. — The Fallow-deer thrives 

 well in the extensive woods at Pitfour House, and strays often to 

 neighbouring places. One stayed for some time in the woods 

 about Brucklay Castle a year or two ago. 



22. Roe-Deer. Capreolus capraea, Gray. — Pretty numerous at 

 Pitfour, where there are large woods, and generally a few at 

 Brucklay Castle. A stray pair occasionally may be seen at other 

 places, such as Rattray House, in the parish of Crimond.* 



Order VI. — Glires. 



Family: Seiuridae. 



23. Squirrel. Seiurus vulgaris, Lin. — Until lately the Squirrel 

 was quite unknown in Buchan. In Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown's 

 very interesting paper on the distribution of the Squirrel in 



* New Stat. Acct., vol. xii., p. 706. 





