﻿BIRDS. 
  

  

  95 
  

  

  Order 
  STEGANOPODES. 
  

  

  Family 
  PELECANID^. 
  

  

  Phalacrocorax 
  carbo 
  (L.). 
  Cormorant. 
  

  

  Local 
  Name. 
  — 
  Scratt. 
  

  

  Resident, 
  and 
  common 
  along 
  the 
  coast-line. 
  Cormorants 
  breed 
  on 
  

   the 
  Nigg 
  rocks, 
  and 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  rocks 
  about 
  Cromarty. 
  They 
  are 
  

   quite 
  common 
  visitants 
  to 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  lochs 
  and 
  rivers, 
  

   and 
  about 
  Invergarry 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  quite 
  'plentiful.' 
  

  

  One 
  recorded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hoy 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Gordon 
  Castle, 
  October 
  1 
  2, 
  

   1816, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  L. 
  Gordon. 
  'It 
  had 
  dived 
  into 
  the 
  Spey 
  and 
  caught 
  

   a 
  finnock, 
  and 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  its 
  head 
  was 
  above 
  water 
  it 
  was 
  shot 
  dead. 
  

   It 
  was 
  carried 
  down 
  the 
  stream 
  some 
  little 
  way, 
  and 
  when 
  taken 
  

   out 
  it 
  disgorged 
  the 
  finnock 
  alive/ 
  

  

  A 
  Cormorant 
  was 
  obtained 
  as 
  far 
  inland 
  as 
  Dallas 
  after 
  the 
  

   severe 
  gale 
  of 
  1879. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  seen 
  as 
  high 
  up 
  the 
  Spey 
  as 
  

   Cromdale 
  on 
  6th, 
  and 
  again 
  on 
  17th 
  September 
  1891, 
  by 
  William 
  

   Evans, 
  and 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  obtained 
  on 
  several 
  occasions 
  on 
  the 
  

   river 
  Deveron. 
  Edward 
  quotes 
  it 
  as 
  ' 
  frequent, 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  

   time 
  in 
  summer 
  1 
  ; 
  and 
  Smith 
  includes 
  it 
  in 
  his 
  list. 
  One 
  in 
  

   Duff 
  House 
  Museum 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  bird 
  in 
  full 
  summer 
  dress, 
  

   which 
  was 
  caught 
  on 
  a 
  line 
  below 
  the 
  cruives 
  at 
  Duff 
  House, 
  on 
  

   the 
  Deveron. 
  It 
  is 
  included 
  in 
  all 
  lists 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  districts, 
  

   but 
  naturally 
  less 
  commonly 
  in 
  inland 
  lists. 
  

  

  Perhaps 
  the 
  farthest 
  inland 
  locality 
  from 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  

   positive 
  record 
  of 
  its 
  occurrence 
  is 
  one 
  seen 
  on 
  Loch 
  Ovie 
  in 
  

   Upper 
  Badenoch 
  by 
  Charles 
  H. 
  Alston 
  in 
  August 
  1890. 
  

  

  Another 
  was 
  seen 
  to 
  frequent 
  Loch 
  an 
  Eilein 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  in 
  

   1879. 
  

  

  Phalacrocorax 
  graculus 
  (L.). 
  Shag. 
  

   Local 
  Name 
  — 
  Scart. 
  

  

  Common 
  most 
  seasons 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  along 
  the 
  coast, 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  abun- 
  

   dant 
  as 
  the 
  Cormorant, 
  nor 
  do 
  we 
  know 
  of 
  its 
  breeding 
  anywhere 
  

   in 
  our 
  district 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Ord, 
  though 
  Mr. 
  Millais 
  saw 
  a 
  good 
  

   many 
  young 
  birds 
  frequenting 
  the 
  rocks 
  about 
  the 
  Sutors 
  in 
  May. 
  

   Edward 
  has 
  it, 
  ' 
  only 
  occasional 
  ' 
  ; 
  included 
  in 
  Smith's 
  list, 
  and 
  

  

  