﻿BIRDS. 
  205 
  

  

  Edward 
  enters 
  it 
  as 
  seen 
  in 
  passing. 
  Rev. 
  Mr. 
  Smith 
  says 
  of 
  

   it: 
  — 
  'The 
  Whimbrel 
  has 
  been 
  heard 
  flying 
  overhead, 
  being 
  easily 
  

   recognisable 
  by 
  its 
  singular 
  notes, 
  but 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  observed 
  on 
  

   the 
  ground, 
  nor 
  as 
  a 
  regular 
  visitant 
  to 
  the 
  parish 
  ' 
  (Monquhitter). 
  

   It 
  is 
  much 
  less 
  frequent 
  than 
  its 
  congener, 
  the 
  Curlew. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  Evans 
  met 
  with 
  a 
  solitary 
  example 
  midway 
  between 
  

   Kincraig 
  and 
  Alvie 
  on 
  the 
  Spey, 
  which 
  passed 
  over, 
  flying 
  in 
  

   a 
  southerly 
  direction, 
  and 
  was 
  calling 
  loudly. 
  This 
  was 
  during 
  

   its 
  migration 
  season, 
  viz. 
  on 
  the 
  4th 
  August 
  1889. 
  

  

  Order 
  GAVItt. 
  

   Family 
  LARIDJE. 
  

  

  Sub-family 
  STEltNINJE. 
  

  

  [Hydrochelidon 
  nigra 
  (L.). 
  Black 
  Tern. 
  

  

  Our 
  only 
  and 
  unsatisfactory 
  record 
  is 
  that 
  Edward 
  1 
  only 
  knew 
  of 
  

   one 
  instance 
  in 
  Banff.' 
  The 
  incompleteness 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  Edward's 
  

   records 
  render 
  them 
  utterly 
  valueless.] 
  

  

  [Sterna 
  caspia, 
  Pall. 
  Caspian 
  Tern. 
  

  

  Obs. 
  — 
  Referring 
  to 
  a 
  Tern 
  he 
  saw 
  at 
  the 
  Old 
  Bar, 
  Findhorn, 
  on 
  the 
  

   2nd, 
  0. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Lee 
  says 
  : 
  — 
  June 
  12th, 
  1887 
  — 
  'I 
  saw 
  the 
  large 
  Tern, 
  

   which 
  I 
  think 
  must 
  be 
  the 
  Caspian 
  Tern 
  ; 
  it 
  had 
  a 
  mate 
  this 
  time. 
  

   Greyish 
  back, 
  white 
  underneath, 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  down 
  to 
  a 
  line 
  

   from 
  the 
  beak 
  past 
  the 
  eye 
  to 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  neck, 
  dark 
  green 
  

   feet, 
  scarlet 
  bill 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  point. 
  The 
  other 
  had 
  brownish 
  

   marks 
  on 
  the 
  back, 
  and 
  a 
  brownish 
  bill 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  tip. 
  

   1 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  second 
  time 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  it. 
  

  

  ' 
  It 
  sits 
  on 
  the 
  stakes 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  nets 
  about 
  seventy 
  yards 
  

   out, 
  and 
  I 
  saw 
  it 
  through 
  the 
  glasses 
  quite 
  well.' 
  

  

  Here 
  follows 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  sketch 
  of 
  the 
  bird, 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  which, 
  

   Mr. 
  Lee 
  says 
  (under 
  June 
  2nd), 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  less 
  than 
  a 
  Lesser 
  Black 
  

   backed 
  Gull, 
  and 
  from 
  this 
  it 
  seems 
  very 
  likely 
  that 
  his 
  identifica 
  

   tion 
  is 
  correct] 
  

  

  