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  BIRDS. 
  

  

  common 
  around 
  Rothiemay 
  in 
  winter, 
  and 
  occurring 
  in 
  scattered 
  

   pairs 
  high 
  up 
  the 
  glens 
  in 
  summer. 
  

  

  Norman 
  speaks 
  of 
  it 
  as 
  occurring 
  in 
  hundreds 
  on 
  the 
  Culbin 
  

   Sands, 
  and 
  we 
  can 
  credit 
  the 
  likelihood 
  of 
  this 
  statement 
  as 
  regards 
  

   the 
  shallow 
  lochs 
  and 
  puddles 
  which 
  occur 
  there. 
  'Thinly 
  dis- 
  

   tributed,' 
  says 
  Hinxman, 
  'a 
  few 
  breeding 
  high 
  up 
  around 
  the 
  

   lochans 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Glen 
  Builg 
  in 
  the 
  Abernethy 
  Forest 
  ' 
  ; 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  upper 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Livet, 
  Fiddich, 
  and 
  Deveron, 
  and 
  the 
  

   streams 
  of 
  the 
  Carn 
  District 
  of 
  Spey 
  we 
  have 
  usually 
  met 
  with 
  a 
  

   few 
  in 
  the 
  nesting 
  season. 
  

  

  Obs. 
  — 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  so-called 
  Bimaculated 
  Ducks 
  was 
  shot 
  in 
  the 
  

   Beauly 
  Firth 
  by 
  Captain 
  Latour 
  in 
  1860. 
  It 
  was 
  stuffed 
  by 
  the 
  

   late 
  Mr. 
  Macleay, 
  Inverness, 
  who 
  packed 
  it 
  up 
  and 
  sent 
  it 
  to 
  

   be 
  exhibited 
  at 
  a 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Society. 
  

  

  Querquedula 
  circia 
  (£.). 
  Garganey. 
  

  

  Edward 
  records 
  two 
  shot 
  in 
  December 
  1840, 
  and 
  one 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  

   been 
  obtained 
  at 
  Cullen 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1841. 
  Smith 
  records 
  one, 
  

   and 
  marks 
  it 
  as 
  occasional. 
  There 
  are 
  none 
  in 
  the 
  Banff 
  Museum. 
  

   It 
  is 
  included, 
  but 
  with 
  only 
  the 
  remark, 
  1 
  Moray 
  Firth,' 
  in 
  the 
  

   latest 
  edition 
  of 
  Fauna 
  of 
  Moray. 
  

  

  Mareca 
  penelope 
  (L.). 
  Wigeon. 
  

  

  Resident, 
  and 
  breeds 
  commonly 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  northern 
  parts 
  of 
  our 
  

   area, 
  and 
  even 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  as 
  Invergarry, 
  as 
  we 
  are 
  informed 
  by 
  

   Murdoch 
  Matheson. 
  At 
  Tain 
  and 
  the 
  Little 
  Ferry 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  

   numerous, 
  but 
  mostly 
  in 
  the 
  winter. 
  They 
  breed 
  most 
  numerously 
  

   in 
  the 
  Sutherland 
  portion 
  of 
  our 
  area, 
  more 
  so 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  

   place 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Isles, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  Loch 
  Naver. 
  

   They 
  are 
  very 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  Moray 
  Firth 
  below 
  Kessock 
  Ferry, 
  

   but 
  comparatively 
  scarce 
  above. 
  

  

  Edward 
  speaks 
  of 
  it 
  as 
  ' 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  rarest 
  Ducks.' 
  A 
  splendid 
  

   male 
  killed 
  at 
  Boyndie 
  in 
  September 
  1853. 
  There 
  are 
  none 
  in 
  

   the 
  Banff 
  Museum 
  (1892). 
  Smith 
  does 
  not 
  include 
  it 
  in 
  his 
  lists. 
  

   Dr. 
  J. 
  0. 
  Wilson 
  says 
  of 
  it 
  up 
  the 
  Deveron 
  : 
  — 
  ' 
  Occasionally 
  

   seen 
  in 
  winter.' 
  St. 
  John 
  observed 
  Wigeons 
  on 
  Loch 
  Spynie 
  in 
  

   summer, 
  but 
  he 
  considered 
  that 
  these 
  were 
  wounded 
  birds, 
  and 
  

   were 
  not 
  breeding. 
  Under 
  date 
  of 
  August 
  25th, 
  1895, 
  however, 
  

   Captain 
  Dunbar-Brander 
  writes 
  : 
  — 
  ' 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  pairs 
  

   remain 
  here 
  all 
  the 
  summer, 
  and 
  have 
  seen 
  a 
  nest, 
  but 
  I 
  never 
  

  

  