APPENDIX. | Birds. 365 
Carpo cormoranvs [ Cormorant]. 
Frequent, except for a short time during summer. A pair or two 
may breed with us, but that is all. Like the divers, they destroy 
great numbers of fish. 
Carzo cristatus [Shag]. 
Only, I believe, an occasional visitor. 
Sura Bassana [ Gannet]. 
A spring and autumn visitor, and occasionally during summer and 
winter. When overtaken, as they sometimes are, by strong north 
winds, I have known them driven to great distances inland, 
where they are frequently seen lying dead. Immature specimens 
are now and then procured during their autumnal passage. 
From their different plumage, they are looked upon as distinct 
from the “‘solan goose,” as the gannet is here called. 
Srerna cantraca [Sandwich Tern]. 
An occasional visitor, generally in summer. 
Sterna Doveatiy [Roseate Tern]. 
Two specimens have been obtained between Banff and Cullen.- 
Sterna Hirunpo [Common Tern]. 
Sterna arctica [Arctic Tern]. 
Annual visitors, generally in autumn. During some seasons they 
come in immense numbers. Although they do not breed with 
us, they do so on part of the sandy shores of the adjoining coun- 
ties of Aberdeen and Moray. 
Srerwa minuta [Lesser Tern]. 
This pretty little lady-like bird does not breed with us, but does so 
in the places mentioned for the two preceding. It is only an oc- 
casional visitor. 
Sterna nigra [Black Tern]. 
I know of only one instance of its having been found here. 
Larus Sazinr [Sabine’s Gull]. 
I had an exciting chase after a specimen, but failed in capturing 
it. It was the only one I have seen or heard of here. 
Larus minutus [Little Gull]. 
I believe only two specimens have been met with. 
Larus capistratus [Masked Gull]. 
I am informed that two of these birds were killed about thirty 
years ago. 
Larus Ripisunpus [Black-headed Gull]. 
Like the common and arctic terns, this species, although it has 
