APPENDIX F.—PLANTS AND ANIMALS OF FORFAR. 237 
Of the Anseres, we can boast a considerable number : 
Anas cygnus; se swan. 
A few pairs of 
these visit the 
lakes in the neigh- 
bourhood of Forfar ; 
at least I have 
they are often to 
be seen in the lake 
F disiag and Kirrie- 
More eee swan: 
they are occasion- 
ally kept by gentle- 
eed 
“ 
tadorna; shieldrake: 
not unfrequent in 
the winter season 
near the river Esk 
" poise velvet duck : 
ed 
~~ 
re 
» segetum; bean 566us 
-» bernicla; the brent 
goose 
»  Mollissima; eider 
uc 
, or Dun 
= ata; shoveler 
»  Streptera; the gad- 
species in the lakes 
of Rescobie and 
iés- 
ied 
gavie 
clangula ; the golden- 
eyed duck 
3 
5 0 
oa 
° 
% 
6 
c 
oO 
4 
é 
5 
algavies 
Anas glacialis ; eg erp 
duc e coast 
; ferteid oe poten. 
this i is rare 
querquedula ; the 
garganay, or 
summer teal: in 
the lake of Forfar 
“= 
~~ 
a 
sa 
& 
et 
a. 
a. 
= 
ck 
» fuligula; tufted duck : 
e lakes 
Mergus merganser ; the 
goosander: on 
the coast 
»  serrator; red- 
breasted 
goosander: coast 
Alca seo pul: 0 n the 
) 
a orda’ propia on 
Procellaria pelagica sig 
petrel, called 
— Mother Carey’ Ss 
icke 
Pelebantia carbo; the 
co 
graculus; the 
shag: on the 
times to be 
