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  BIRDS. 
  

  

  Edward 
  writes 
  of 
  it 
  as 
  ' 
  pretty 
  frequent 
  in 
  winter.' 
  Others 
  

   speak 
  of 
  it 
  as 
  c 
  not 
  very 
  abundant.' 
  We 
  have 
  seen 
  specimens 
  in 
  

   private 
  hands 
  shot 
  off 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Deveron 
  near 
  Banff, 
  and 
  

   they 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  frequent 
  the 
  river 
  itself 
  in 
  the 
  long 
  1 
  stank 
  ' 
  

   below 
  Alvah 
  Bridge. 
  Eev. 
  Mr. 
  Smith 
  says 
  : 
  — 
  ' 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  

   remarked, 
  does 
  not 
  penetrate 
  beyond 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  the 
  tide 
  ' 
  ; 
  

   but 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  invariably 
  the 
  case, 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  often 
  obtained 
  here, 
  

   as 
  elsewhere, 
  far 
  higher 
  up. 
  The 
  Scaup 
  occurred 
  in 
  summer 
  on 
  

   Loch 
  Spynie 
  in 
  1880, 
  and 
  was 
  observed 
  the 
  previous 
  summer 
  

   (1879) 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  Lossiemouth. 
  

  

  Clangula 
  glaucion 
  (L.). 
  Goldeneye. 
  

  

  A 
  common 
  winter 
  visitant, 
  and 
  often 
  remaining 
  until 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  

   spring. 
  Booth 
  mentions 
  seeing 
  a 
  pair 
  as 
  late 
  as 
  June 
  11th, 
  in 
  the 
  

   year 
  1869. 
  Mr. 
  Jennings 
  says 
  that 
  the 
  old 
  males 
  are 
  often 
  seen 
  

   together 
  in 
  flocks 
  in 
  the 
  Dornoch 
  Firth 
  ; 
  in 
  most 
  places 
  these 
  old 
  

   males 
  are 
  comparatively 
  rare. 
  Goldeneyes 
  are 
  found 
  as 
  often 
  far 
  

   inland 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  sea-coast, 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  birds 
  are 
  generally 
  very 
  

   tame. 
  

  

  One 
  was 
  seen 
  about 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  May, 
  or 
  early 
  in 
  June 
  1894, 
  

   near 
  Invergarry 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  stated 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  barren 
  female. 
  

  

  Edward 
  speaks 
  of 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  regular 
  winter 
  visitant 
  to 
  his 
  

   district 
  : 
  — 
  ' 
  generally 
  coast-wise,' 
  but 
  also 
  on 
  mill-dams 
  and 
  some 
  

   miles 
  inland. 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  0. 
  Wilson 
  says 
  it 
  is 
  occasionally 
  seen 
  in 
  

   winter 
  in 
  the 
  Huntly 
  district. 
  

  

  In 
  1885 
  a 
  pair 
  was 
  seen 
  regularly 
  at 
  Loch 
  Spynie 
  during 
  the 
  

   ten 
  days 
  previous 
  to 
  13th 
  May, 
  and 
  then 
  left. 
  We 
  are 
  not 
  aware 
  

   that 
  there 
  are 
  any 
  suitable 
  places 
  for 
  the 
  species 
  to 
  nest 
  there. 
  

   Hinxman 
  reports 
  Goldeneyes 
  as 
  seen 
  in 
  autumn 
  and 
  early 
  spring 
  

   on 
  the 
  lochs 
  far 
  up 
  under 
  the 
  Cairngorms 
  — 
  Loch 
  Builg, 
  Loch 
  

   Garten, 
  and 
  river 
  Avon. 
  Foljambe 
  also 
  recorded 
  it 
  much 
  earlier. 
  

   Brown 
  of 
  Forres 
  says 
  : 
  — 
  ' 
  Common 
  and 
  abundant 
  ; 
  arriving 
  in 
  

   October, 
  departing 
  in 
  March 
  ; 
  females 
  more 
  abundant 
  than 
  males.' 
  

   Judging 
  from 
  our 
  experiences 
  of 
  this 
  handsome 
  duck 
  in 
  Scandi- 
  

   navia, 
  we 
  would 
  be 
  inclined 
  to 
  credit 
  its 
  probable 
  breeding 
  among 
  

   the 
  far 
  inland 
  old 
  pine 
  woods 
  or 
  alder-lined 
  rivers 
  of 
  Spey, 
  near 
  

   to 
  the 
  numerous 
  wood-encircled 
  lochs 
  of 
  that 
  district, 
  rather 
  than 
  

   nearer 
  the 
  coast 
  at 
  opener 
  localities, 
  such 
  as 
  Loch 
  Spynie. 
  

  

  