238 THE LIFE AND 
seen on the 
coas 
Colymbus grylle; the 
spotted guille- 
‘ Ee ait lesser 
ditto 
- troile ; the scout, 
or foolish 
guillemot 
. arcticus ; black- 
throated diver: 
A minor ; little 
ter 1807 
Larus rissa ; kittiwake 
“ — lactylus the 
papi & three- 
ae gull 
hybernus; winter 
ll 
» canus; common gull 
” erythropus ; brown- 
headed gull 
WORK OF GEORGE DON. 
Larus nzevius; the wagel 
u marinus ; black- 
»  fuscus; the herrin 
This species 
is easily tame 
I once aged = ‘of 
cos for 
parasiticus ; the 
rctic 
crepiditatus ; black- 
” 
~ 
hirundo; the sea 
swallow. In 
Scotland, parti- 
cularly in Angus- 
shire, it is called 
Wille Fisher: 
Sterna 
water oO 
minuta; the lesser 
sea swallow 
fissipes ; the black 
tern : common on 
the sands of 
Barry 
ad 
~~ 
Of the Order Gralle, we have the following : 
Ardea major j comm 
n. 
This bird 
bere on trees in 
the wood of 
Newmill 
»  Stellaris; the bittern. 
these was 
shot in the White 
he peat a — 
n 1789: 
peek ath sy be 
seen in the lake of 
Rescobie, but it is 
a rare bir 
Scolopax arquata; curlew: 
eds on the 
mountains 
Scolopax phzopus ; whim- 
brel. Alon 
with the curlew 
5 rusticola; wood- 
coc 
ss gallinago; the 
snipe 
s gallinula ; jack- 
a seed ; green- 
nk: some- 
see on the 
coast 
4 calidris ; red- 
shank: breeds 
on heaths near 
Forfar 
