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  BIRDS. 
  

  

  the 
  isolated 
  pinnacles, 
  which 
  were 
  only 
  accessible 
  with 
  great 
  diffi- 
  

   culty 
  and 
  danger. 
  

  

  Edward 
  speaks 
  of 
  it 
  thus 
  : 
  — 
  'Only 
  a 
  visitant 
  here, 
  and 
  leaves 
  befwe 
  

   lie 
  gets 
  his 
  black 
  coat 
  ' 
  (the 
  italics 
  are 
  ours). 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Sim 
  says 
  it 
  

   is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  north-east 
  coasts 
  at 
  all 
  seasons 
  of 
  the 
  

   year, 
  but, 
  he 
  adds, 
  1 
  1 
  am 
  not 
  aware 
  of 
  its 
  breeding 
  there, 
  although 
  

   I 
  have 
  watched 
  the 
  bird 
  flying 
  among 
  Herring 
  Gulls 
  whilst 
  the 
  

   latter 
  were 
  busy 
  with 
  incubation.' 
  

  

  Brown 
  of 
  Forres 
  writes 
  us 
  : 
  — 
  ' 
  A 
  few 
  pairs 
  of 
  Great 
  Black- 
  

   backed 
  Gulls 
  bred 
  this 
  summer 
  (1895) 
  on 
  the 
  estate 
  of 
  Kinloss 
  

   (R. 
  Mackessack, 
  proprietor) 
  ; 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  also 
  certain 
  that 
  the 
  Great 
  

   Black-back 
  breeds 
  on 
  the 
  Culbin 
  Sands. 
  Prior 
  to 
  these 
  records 
  

   we 
  were 
  not 
  prepared 
  to 
  vouch 
  for 
  any 
  nesting-places 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  

   upon 
  the 
  Moray 
  coast 
  districts 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Old 
  Bar. 
  

  

  Larus 
  glaucus, 
  Fair. 
  Glaucous 
  Gull. 
  

  

  A 
  rare 
  visitor 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  coast. 
  

  

  A 
  female 
  killed 
  at 
  Gamrie 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  Banff 
  Museum 
  (Edward) 
  ; 
  

   and 
  specimens 
  are 
  seen 
  occasionally 
  on 
  the 
  Culbin 
  shore 
  and 
  

   sandhills 
  (Chadwick). 
  Dr. 
  Gordon 
  gives 
  it 
  a 
  place 
  in 
  his 
  Fauna 
  

   of 
  Moray. 
  Mr. 
  Allen, 
  Peterculter, 
  had 
  one 
  in 
  his 
  possession 
  

   in 
  1860. 
  The 
  Glaucous 
  and 
  Iceland 
  Gulls 
  do 
  not 
  thus 
  appear 
  to 
  

   come 
  much 
  inside 
  the 
  Moray 
  Firth, 
  but 
  pass 
  down 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  

   of 
  Scotland. 
  

  

  O. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Lee 
  mentions 
  that 
  he 
  saw 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  Glaucous 
  Gulls 
  in 
  

   a 
  corn-field 
  near 
  Forres 
  on 
  12th 
  May 
  1887. 
  

  

  Larus 
  leucopterus, 
  Faber. 
  Iceland 
  Gull. 
  

  

  Immature 
  birds 
  are 
  not 
  uncommon 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  in 
  severe 
  winters. 
  

   One 
  was 
  killed 
  as 
  far 
  inland 
  as 
  Fort 
  Augustus 
  on 
  February 
  22nd, 
  

   1893, 
  and 
  we 
  saw 
  it 
  in 
  Inverness. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Gordon 
  in 
  his 
  Fauna 
  of 
  Moray 
  records 
  both 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  

   last, 
  as 
  seen 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Allen 
  of 
  Peterculter 
  in 
  July 
  1860, 
  and 
  adds 
  

   they 
  have 
  been 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  Moray 
  Firth. 
  

  

  In 
  1892 
  we 
  saw 
  a 
  fine 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  flesh 
  in 
  Brown's 
  shop, 
  

   Forres, 
  shot 
  at 
  Dallas, 
  about 
  nine 
  miles 
  inland 
  from 
  Forres, 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Robertson, 
  gamekeeper. 
  As 
  it 
  presents 
  rather 
  an 
  interesting 
  

  

  