Birds. 515 



Holm, Nairnshire, and is now in the possession of Sir John Rose," 

 Mr. Snowie, Inverness. 



Little grebe, Podiceps minor. A specimen ,,shot a few years ago in 

 the Lossie by Mr. W. Taylor, is now in the Elgin Museum. 



Northern diver, Colymbus glacialis. In winter not uncommon in 

 the Moray-firth, and has been met with also inland on the rivers. 



Black-throated diver, C. arcticus. 



Red-throated diver, C. septentrionalis. " These two divers have 

 been caught at Lossie-mouth, in the salmon stake net," Mr. Martin. 



Foolish guillemot, Uria Troile. Not uncommon along the Moray- 

 firth. 



Black guillemot, U. Grylle. 



Puffin, Fratercula arctica. " The black guillemot and puffin are 

 to be met with in the Moray-frith," Mr. Martin. 



Razor-bill, Alca Torda. To be seen along the shore, as at Covesea. 



Common cormorant, " Scarf," Phalacrocorax Carbo. Common 

 along the Moray-frith. 



Solan goose, Sida Bassana. Occasionally seen in the firth. In 

 1820, a straggler was killed in the Moss of Rothes, some fifteen miles 

 inland. 



Common tern, " Sea swallow," Sterna Hirundo. 



Lesser tern, S. minuta. Both these terns breed on the sands be- 

 tween Burghead and Findhorn. 



Black-headed gull, Larus ridlbundus. 



Kittywake, L. tridactylus. 



Common gull, L. canus. 



Black-backed gull, L. maximus. These are the most common of 

 our gulls : the following two have also been observed by Mr. Martin. 



Herring-gull, L. argentatus. 



Great black-backed gull, L. marinus. 



Richardson's skua, " Dirten Allen," Lestrls Richardsonii. Not un- 

 common at the frith. 



Stormy petrel, Frocellaria pelagica. Seen frequently in the Moray- 

 frith, and sometimes during a severe storm driven on shore, as " at 

 Burghead," Mr. Martin; and "at Inverness, in the winter of 1842-3," 

 G. Anderson, Esq. 



The loch of Spynie and the bay of Findhorn, as well as the whole 

 line of coast, will likely furnish many species not contained in the 

 above list of the wading and web-footed birds. G. Gordon. 



Manse of Birnie, by Elgin, 

 February, 1844. 



