﻿BIRDS. 
  

  

  35 
  

  

  times 
  on 
  or 
  about 
  the 
  Ness, 
  one 
  as 
  lately 
  as 
  December 
  1886. 
  The 
  

   earliest 
  of 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  any 
  date 
  was 
  taken 
  at 
  Ness 
  House 
  in 
  

   December 
  1851. 
  Harvie-Brown 
  saw 
  a 
  Kingfisher 
  on 
  the 
  Fiddich 
  

   in 
  May 
  1884. 
  Other 
  localities 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  occurred 
  are 
  the 
  Black 
  

   Burn 
  near 
  Elgin, 
  Dalvey, 
  Cawdor, 
  and 
  Flemington, 
  all 
  in 
  Moray- 
  

   shire 
  or 
  Nairnshire. 
  

  

  St. 
  John 
  says 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  rare 
  visitant, 
  but 
  he 
  has 
  seen 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  

   Findhorn. 
  In 
  1863 
  Captain 
  Dunbar-Brander 
  saw 
  one 
  between 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Blackburn 
  and 
  Pittendreich 
  at 
  Northfield 
  — 
  the 
  only 
  

   one 
  he 
  ever 
  saw. 
  

  

  In 
  1866 
  Norman 
  designated 
  the 
  Kingfisher 
  as 
  a 
  rare 
  and 
  local 
  

   species, 
  occurring 
  on 
  the 
  Findhorn, 
  and 
  one 
  as 
  obtained 
  at 
  Dalvey. 
  

   Referring 
  to 
  another 
  occurrence, 
  Brown 
  of 
  Forres 
  says 
  : 
  — 
  ' 
  Of 
  rare 
  

   appearance 
  here, 
  one 
  having 
  been 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  Moy 
  Burn, 
  Dalvey, 
  

   near 
  Forres, 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1884. 
  The 
  skin 
  was 
  dressed 
  for 
  a 
  

   hat.' 
  It 
  is 
  marked 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Stuart 
  as 
  frequently 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  Spey, 
  

   but 
  the 
  eggs 
  are 
  not 
  in 
  his 
  collection. 
  It 
  occurs 
  on 
  the 
  Nairn 
  

   behind 
  the 
  house 
  of 
  Newton 
  of 
  Budgate 
  (auct. 
  Charles 
  Gowan 
  and 
  

   the 
  late 
  W. 
  Stables). 
  One 
  was 
  seen 
  close 
  to 
  Moy 
  about 
  seven 
  or 
  

   eight 
  years 
  previous 
  to 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Chadwick's 
  list 
  given 
  to 
  us 
  

   in 
  1885. 
  In 
  1891 
  some 
  had 
  been 
  seen 
  lately 
  in 
  the 
  grounds 
  of 
  

   Brodie 
  House, 
  and 
  one 
  was 
  released 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  entangled 
  in 
  

   a 
  lawn-tennis 
  net. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  noted 
  as 
  occurring 
  near 
  Cullen 
  in 
  local 
  lists 
  (1891). 
  

   Mr. 
  George 
  Sim 
  records 
  one 
  killed 
  at 
  Lower 
  Smiddy 
  Seat, 
  near 
  

   Turriff, 
  in 
  August 
  1878; 
  and 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  0. 
  Wilson 
  says 
  :— 
  ' 
  Rare. 
  1 
  

   have 
  only 
  seen 
  it 
  once 
  on 
  the 
  Bogie, 
  near 
  the 
  manse 
  of 
  Huntly, 
  

   on 
  September 
  7th, 
  1885.' 
  

  

  Mr. 
  L. 
  Hinxman 
  saw 
  a 
  Kingfisher 
  on 
  the 
  Spey 
  at 
  Delfour, 
  near 
  

   Boat 
  of 
  Bridge, 
  on 
  October 
  23rd, 
  1893. 
  

  

  Family 
  CORACinXE. 
  

   Coracias 
  garrula, 
  L. 
  Roller. 
  

  

  A 
  rare 
  visitant, 
  usually 
  appearing 
  in 
  spring 
  and 
  autumn. 
  Two 
  are 
  

   recorded 
  from 
  Dornoch 
  and 
  Morvich 
  (Faiuia 
  of 
  Sutherland 
  and 
  

   Caithness, 
  p. 
  157), 
  and 
  another 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Swordale, 
  in 
  the 
  east 
  

   of 
  Ross-shire, 
  in 
  October 
  1892, 
  as 
  recorded 
  in 
  hind 
  and 
  Water, 
  

   29/x/92, 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  local 
  papers. 
  

  

  