340 Banffshire Fauna. [APPENDIX. 
sand-bank, the quarry hole, the stony cairn, the old dike, the gar- 
den, the orchard, and the open field, to the thickest woods. 
White, black, cream-colored, striped, and pied varieties occur. 
See pp. 111, 246. 
Cervus exapuHus [ Stag, Red or Highland Deer]. 
This, perhaps the fleetest, as he is the noblest, of our wild animals, 
still holds his place in the county, though not now so numerous 
as he used to be. 
Cervus capreoLus [Roe Deer]. 
The roe seems to be more widely distributed than the red deer; and 
while the latter usually inhabits the more sequestered heath, 
grassy dells, and wooded glens of the higher lands, the other is 
mostly found in the plantations and copses of the lower levels. 
See p. 110. 
Pxoca virutina [Seal or Selch]. 
Stray individuals of this aquatic tribe pay us a visit now and then. 
They are common in Cromarty Firth. 
DeLpHinus PpHocana [Porpoise or Sea-hog]. 
This is another watery visitant, much more frequently seen than 
the seal. 
Detpainus peLpuis [Striped Porpoise or Dolphin]. 
A specimen of this beautiful porpoise was taken here in 1853. 
Derainus Tursi0 [ Bottle-nosed Porpoise]. 
This species is said to have been taken here, though there are some 
doubts as to the fact. 
Detrainus DepuctoR [Pilot Whale]. 
Several of these have from time to time been met with. There are 
other species of whales which have been captured here. One, 
reported to have been a monster for size, is said to have been 
found among the rocks, so far back as about the beginning of 
last century, betwixt the Boyne and the point known as the King’s 
Head, but of what species is not accurately known. It is stated 
in the “Statistical Account of the Parish of Rathven,” which ex- 
tends about ten miles along the coast west of Cullen, that the 
porpoise, the grampus, and the spermaceti-whale are frequently 
seen along the shore. 
