234 THE LIFE AND WORK OF GEORGE DON. 
every danger 
rder to protect them 
Lepus variabilis; alpine or 
yhite 
Martins of 
Clova: it is not 
near so timid as 
e common ee a 
Lepus ee rabbit ; 
ein pane ie 
shires perhaps 
hardly a native 
Of the Order Pecora, we possess but three species belonging to 
one genus: 
Cervus elaphus; the stag: 
metimes to be 
found on Clova 
mountains, but 
rare; and in the 
wood of the 
Forest Muir, near 
orfa 
»  dama; fallow deer: 
it is ‘rare ina 
wild state in 
real cheep but 
is in a tam 
state at Kinnaird 
and Panm 
Cervus sg esc the 
oebu ck: some- 
times to be found 
on the Seedlay 
Hills, and in the 
woods around 
Glammis 
Of the Order Ceée, we occasionally find the following: 
Balzena mysticetus ; com- 
whale ; 
sometimes on the 
coast 
»  physalus; the fin- 
fish. I observed 
-a Skeleton of this 
species to the 
noe of Dundee 
oO years ago 
peickican: phoeena, the 
porpesse 
is delphis ; the 
dolphin 
As to the whales that were stranded up the Frith of Tay, I can- 
not positively say what species they belonged to, as I had no 
opportunity of seeing them. From the description given of them, 
they appear to have been of the kind first distinguished by 
Mr, P. Neill, (in his Tour to Orkney), by the name of Ca’ing whale, 
and afterwards figured and described by Dr. Traill of Liverpool, 
(in Nicolson’s Journal), under the title of De/phinus melas. 
Birps. 
The Ornithology of Angusshire might furnish materials for a 
volume. I shall, however, very much compress my remarks on the 
subject. 
