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  by 
  ourselves 
  from 
  Loch 
  Errochd 
  in 
  1871, 
  full 
  particulars 
  of 
  which 
  

   will 
  be 
  found 
  under 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  Dresser's 
  Birds 
  of 
  Europe, 
  and 
  

   to 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  already 
  referred 
  in 
  a 
  previous 
  volume 
  (Argyll, 
  

   p. 
  141), 
  where 
  the 
  side-light 
  is 
  probably 
  equally 
  strong. 
  We 
  do 
  

   not 
  mean 
  to 
  say 
  it 
  did 
  not 
  breed 
  earlier 
  there 
  or 
  elsewhere, 
  as 
  we 
  

   have 
  already 
  just 
  indicated 
  that 
  this 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  case. 
  

  

  That 
  the 
  Goosander 
  has 
  continued 
  to 
  breed 
  regularly 
  upon 
  

   Loch 
  Errochd-side 
  is 
  almost 
  beyond 
  a 
  doubt, 
  and 
  Harvie-Brown 
  

   saw 
  more 
  pairs 
  than 
  one 
  there 
  in 
  1880, 
  and 
  young 
  were 
  hatched 
  

   out, 
  but 
  not 
  at 
  the 
  old 
  place. 
  In 
  1881, 
  they 
  were 
  stated 
  not 
  to 
  

   have 
  bred 
  upon 
  Loch 
  Errochd 
  for 
  two 
  years, 
  but 
  in 
  reality 
  they 
  

   had 
  only 
  shifted 
  ground, 
  leaving 
  the 
  old, 
  much-disturbed 
  place 
  

   and 
  going 
  farther 
  down 
  the 
  loch-side. 
  In 
  1885 
  a 
  pair 
  was 
  seen 
  

   flying 
  down 
  the 
  river 
  Spey 
  at 
  Aberlour 
  on 
  April 
  28th, 
  and 
  they 
  

   were 
  known 
  to 
  Brown 
  of 
  Forres 
  to 
  frequent 
  the 
  Findhorn 
  at 
  that 
  

   time 
  also. 
  In 
  1885 
  also 
  we 
  saw 
  a 
  brood 
  upon 
  Loch 
  Errochd 
  near 
  

   Ben 
  Alder, 
  and 
  a 
  male 
  flew 
  past 
  us 
  while 
  fishing 
  near 
  Corrievachtie 
  

   on 
  that 
  loch. 
  

  

  As 
  early 
  as 
  1866 
  four 
  were 
  killed 
  at 
  Westerton, 
  Pluscarden, 
  

   in 
  October 
  (Fauna 
  of 
  Moray); 
  one 
  male 
  at 
  Calcots 
  in 
  Jan. 
  1875 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Rowlandson 
  MacDonall 
  ; 
  one 
  male 
  on 
  the 
  Spey 
  in 
  February 
  

   1880 
  (Fauna 
  of 
  Moray). 
  It 
  had 
  occurred 
  in 
  Glen 
  Aflric 
  (Macleay's 
  

   ledgers) 
  and 
  at 
  Roy 
  Bridge 
  (Argyll), 
  at 
  Gaick 
  (Macleay), 
  and 
  

   at 
  Tomatin, 
  Findhorn, 
  in 
  1882. 
  Of 
  its 
  occurrence 
  in 
  winter 
  Brown 
  

   of 
  Forres 
  says 
  it 
  is 
  1 
  common, 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  abundant, 
  in 
  winter, 
  on 
  

   the 
  Findhorn, 
  ascending 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  departing 
  at 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  spring.' 
  

  

  In 
  1892 
  Goosanders 
  bred 
  about 
  Loch 
  lloclich 
  JUU 
  keepers 
  ; 
  

   but 
  Harvie-Brown 
  saw 
  none 
  there. 
  In 
  Darnaway 
  Castle 
  is 
  a 
  stuffed 
  

   bird, 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  Findhorn, 
  where 
  Mr. 
  Brown 
  (factor 
  on 
  the 
  

   estate) 
  assured 
  us 
  they 
  are 
  now 
  known 
  to 
  breed. 
  Hinxman 
  saw 
  

   them 
  on 
  the 
  Spey 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  Advie, 
  April 
  12th, 
  1892, 
  but 
  not 
  

   breeding 
  (? 
  J. 
  A. 
  H.B.). 
  

  

  Hinxman 
  considers 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  within 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  years 
  that 
  

   any 
  great 
  increase 
  has 
  become 
  evident. 
  He 
  found 
  a 
  young 
  bird 
  high 
  

   up 
  on 
  the 
  Allt 
  Beine 
  Mh<>r, 
  near 
  the 
  entrance 
  to 
  Glen 
  Eunach, 
  on 
  

   May 
  2l8t, 
  1894. 
  The 
  first 
  extension 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  from 
  

   west 
  to 
  east, 
  and 
  north 
  to 
  south 
  over 
  the 
  watersheds, 
  a 
  returning 
  

   upon 
  the 
  autumn 
  migration 
  and 
  winter 
  occupation 
  in 
  the 
  east. 
  

  

  