366 Banffshire Fauna. [APPENDIX. 
no breeding-grounds with us, breeds on either side in great num- 
bers, and is a frequent visitor here, chiefly in spring and autumn. 
Larus TRipacryLus [Kittiwake]. 
Breeds with us, but not in such numbers as formerly. 
Larus EBuRNEvS [vory Gull]. 
Several specimens have been shot near Gamrie. It is a polar bird, 
almost pure white. 
Larus canus [Common Gull]. 
Abundant during winter and spring. The gull may be met with all 
the year round, though I believe it does not breed with us. 
Larvs Levcoprervs [Jceland Gull]. 
Sometimes, during winter, a specimen of this Northern bird may be 
obtained, but mostly in an immature state of plumage. 
Larus Fuscus [Lesser Black-backed Gull]. 
Met with now and then, but not in great plenty. It does not nestle 
here. 
Larus arcentatus [Herring Gull]. 
Breeds at Gamrie Head and at Troup. Numbers are taken when 
young by the fishermen and their children, and brought up quite 
tame, walking about the villages like poultry. 
Larus marinus [ Great Black-backed Gull]. 
Like his lesser brethren, this gentleman is but a visitor here, and 
generally goes before he gets his black coat. 
Larus exavcus [ Glaucous Gull]. 
A female, in an immature state of plumage, was killed in Gamrie. 
Lesrris catarractes [Common Skua], and 
Larus Ricwarpsoni [Richardson's Skua]. 
Both are to be met with as visitors, the latter the rarer of the two. 
PROCELLARIA GLACIALIS [Fulmar Petrel]. 
An occasional winter visitor. I had a specimen sent me from Gam- 
rie, which approached a boat so closely that one of the fisher- 
men knocked it down with an oar: this was several miles out at 
sea. 
Porrinus mMasor [Great Shearwater], and 
Pourrinus opscurus [Dusky Shearwater]. 
Only winter visitors. 
THaLassipRoMa PELAGICA [Stormy-petrel]. 
A visitor, like the rest of its kindred, but more frequent, and may 
