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270. Great Crested Grebe. — Not reported from Don and Dee, but 

 not unfrequent in Buchan. 



273. Eared Grebe. — One shot on the Tay below Dundee at Buddon- 

 ness, is now in the P.S.N.S. Museum. This is probably a commoner bird 

 than is supposed, and is likely to have been often confounded with the Sclav- 

 onian Grebe, which it much resembles in the immature plumage ; but it is 

 easily distinguished by the form of the bill. 



By the foregoing tables, the results from the various counties, 

 with the exception of Kincardine, which has not been fully re- 

 ported, are as follows : — 



Total species found, 



224 



214 



199 



As shown by the general list, the number of species enumerated 

 in the whole district bounded by the sea on the east, the Moray 

 Firth on the north, the Forth on the south, and the counties of 

 Banff, Inverness, and Argyle to the west, is 274 species. From 

 these there should be deducted, as doubtful, iZ species ; and 22 

 that have been noticed only in Buchan, and 4 in Forth. This 

 leaves 230 between the valleys of the Don and the Tay inclusive. 

 With a further deduction of those which are only occasional or 

 abnormal, it may be concluded that the Don and Dee basins, 

 consisting of the southern parts of Aberdeen and the northern 

 portion of Kincardine, contain 142 species, resident and of 

 regular passage ; while in the basin of the Tay, if we include 



