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  BIRDS. 
  

  

  garry. 
  In 
  1847 
  Hepburn 
  never 
  saw 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  districts 
  of 
  Glen 
  

   Affric 
  and 
  Glen 
  Cannich, 
  through 
  which 
  he 
  passed, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  

   not 
  numerous 
  there 
  in 
  these 
  days. 
  In 
  winter 
  they 
  are 
  more 
  

   generally 
  distributed 
  along 
  the 
  shores. 
  

  

  The 
  O.S.A. 
  records 
  it 
  from 
  Kirkhill. 
  Edward 
  marks 
  it 
  as 
  

   plentiful. 
  We 
  found 
  it 
  common 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  Deveron, 
  

   Isla, 
  Bogie, 
  and 
  between 
  Deveron 
  and 
  Ythan 
  (of 
  ' 
  Dee 
  '), 
  and 
  on 
  

   Dunbennan 
  Hill, 
  and 
  the 
  moors 
  and 
  mosses 
  from 
  Huntly 
  westward. 
  

   Dr. 
  J. 
  0. 
  Wilson 
  also 
  testifies 
  to 
  its 
  abundance 
  during 
  the 
  breeding 
  

   season. 
  It 
  is 
  seen 
  up 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Tomintoul 
  in 
  Glen 
  Avon, 
  and 
  is 
  

   common 
  not 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  open 
  moors 
  on 
  the 
  hill-sides, 
  but 
  also 
  on 
  

   the 
  bare 
  patches 
  of 
  heathery 
  ground, 
  which 
  are 
  surrounded 
  by 
  

   pine 
  and 
  other 
  woods 
  at 
  Dulnan, 
  Eothiemurchus, 
  Carr 
  Bridge, 
  

   Aviemore, 
  and 
  other 
  forest-tracts. 
  Indeed 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  universally 
  

   distributed. 
  Curlew-calls 
  come 
  down 
  to 
  us 
  from 
  high 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  

   sky, 
  over 
  valley 
  or 
  mountain-slopes, 
  and 
  parties 
  of 
  old 
  and 
  young, 
  

   in 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  July, 
  are 
  seen 
  circling, 
  and 
  prospecting, 
  and 
  call- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  one 
  another 
  at 
  immense 
  altitudes 
  in 
  the 
  sky, 
  preparatory 
  

   to 
  their 
  final 
  departure 
  for 
  the 
  shores. 
  

  

  Curlews 
  were 
  seen 
  flying 
  in 
  a 
  southerly 
  direction 
  in 
  several 
  

   groups, 
  and 
  calling, 
  on 
  the 
  6th 
  August, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Evans. 
  

  

  A 
  white 
  Curlew 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Stratherrick 
  in 
  June 
  1870 
  

   (Macleay). 
  

  

  Numenius 
  phaeopus 
  (L.). 
  Whimbrel. 
  

  

  Occurs 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  on 
  both 
  spring 
  and 
  autumn 
  migrations. 
  In 
  

   the 
  former 
  season 
  we 
  have 
  also 
  observed 
  them 
  flying 
  along 
  the 
  upper 
  

   water-courses 
  of 
  the 
  Helmsdale, 
  and 
  on 
  one 
  occasion 
  a 
  large 
  flock 
  

   lighted 
  on 
  a 
  sandbank 
  at 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  a 
  loch 
  and 
  remained 
  there 
  

   for 
  a 
  considerable 
  time. 
  

  

  That 
  Whimbrel 
  pass 
  up 
  and 
  down 
  the 
  Spey 
  valley 
  there 
  is 
  

   scarcely 
  any 
  doubt; 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  watershed 
  we 
  have 
  ourselves 
  

   met 
  with 
  them 
  on 
  their 
  May 
  passage, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  river 
  Pattack, 
  

   near 
  Loch 
  Laggan, 
  in 
  May 
  1882. 
  They 
  flew 
  with 
  great 
  speed 
  down 
  

   the 
  valley 
  of 
  Pattack, 
  i.e. 
  towards 
  the 
  west. 
  The 
  Whimbrel 
  occurs 
  

   also 
  on 
  migration 
  about 
  Findhorn, 
  where 
  Brown 
  of 
  Forres 
  has 
  

   shot 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  specimens. 
  He 
  considers 
  them 
  common 
  and 
  

   abundant, 
  however, 
  in 
  autumn. 
  He 
  records 
  one 
  (in 
  lit.) 
  shot 
  there 
  

   on 
  26th 
  August 
  1891. 
  

  

  