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118. GrOShawk- — Mr. George Sim records a female shot in the woods of 

 Hazlehead, near Aberdeen, on the 22nd January. 1876 (Scot. Nat., 1876, p. 

 265). Mr. Gray mentions the capture of a goshawk at Glamis, in a pole trap, 

 1865 ; and Dr. Macgillivray also makes mention of one having been shot in 

 Forfarshire in 1825 ; in Fife, Mr. Turnbull in his " Birds of E. Lothian," re- 

 cords this species as having been got at Elie in 1877. 



119. American Goshawk — A specimen is mentioned (Ibis., vol. iv.) 

 as shot on Schiehallion by a gamekeeper in 1870, and obtained by Mr. Robert 

 Gray at Brechin. 



121. Kite. — Pretty common on Deeside about twenty years ago, but is 

 now nearly extinct ; it still breeds in upper districts of Perth. 



122. Honey Buzzard. — Reported by Mr. G. Sim as breeding in Aber- 

 deen, a nest having been taken at Ballogie on Deeside in 1867. A curiously 

 marked specimen, with much white on it, shot at Rossie Priory, Perthshire, 

 obtained by Col. Ogilvy of Millhill, is in the P.S.N. S. Museum. 



123. Peregrine Falcon breeds in the higher districts of Aberdeen, 

 and in all the higher districts of Perth, when not interfered with. 



125. Merlin breeds on the open moor of Rannoch ; a nest and eggs from 

 there are in the P.S.N.S. Museum. 



126. Red-legged Falcon.— Mr. Sim reports a specimen shot in Udny 

 Aberdeenshire, on 26th May, 1856; and Mr. Gray (Bds. W. Scot., p. 31) 

 mentions an adult female as shot in the parish of Foveran, Aberdeenshire, in 

 the last week of May, 1866. 



127. Kestrel used to be common in Perth ; but is now much kept down. 



128. Osprey. — Used to breed in Rannoch, and occasionally to visit Loch 

 Tay. It is not reported from Fife proper ; but Mr. Malloch saw it fishing in 

 Loch Leven last summer, 1885. 



129. Cormorant on Lower Tay, and occasionally on Loch Tay. 



130. Green Cormorant or Shag probably occurs in Kincardine, 

 though not reported. 



