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  BIRDS. 
  

  

  Fraserburgh 
  in 
  1881, 
  and 
  sent 
  to 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Sim, 
  Aberdeen, 
  for 
  

   preservation. 
  

  

  Stercorarius 
  crepidatus 
  (Banks). 
  Richardson's 
  Skua. 
  

  

  Only 
  one 
  pair 
  of 
  these 
  birds 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  breed 
  irregularly 
  in 
  our 
  

   present 
  area. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  seen 
  off 
  the 
  coast 
  in 
  the 
  autumn, 
  and 
  

   is 
  not 
  uncommon 
  in 
  the 
  Beauly 
  Firth. 
  In 
  the 
  Dornoch 
  Firth 
  

   Mr. 
  Jennings 
  has 
  only 
  observed 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  winter. 
  

  

  Captain 
  Ellice 
  informs 
  us 
  in 
  a 
  letter, 
  dated 
  March 
  28th, 
  1885, 
  

   that 
  a 
  Richardson's 
  Skua 
  was 
  shot 
  about 
  four 
  years 
  ago 
  at 
  Inver- 
  

   garry, 
  feeding 
  on 
  a 
  Grey 
  Hen. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  specimens 
  in 
  Lennan's 
  shop 
  (Banff), 
  obtained 
  off 
  the 
  

   coast, 
  and 
  Brown 
  sends 
  us 
  a 
  note 
  of 
  one 
  near 
  Forres, 
  sent 
  in 
  to 
  him 
  

   14th 
  September 
  1888. 
  

  

  Considering 
  the 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  Richardson's 
  Skuas 
  which 
  

   breed 
  in 
  Shetland, 
  it 
  seems 
  strange 
  how 
  few, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  appear 
  on 
  

   migration 
  in 
  most 
  seasons. 
  

  

  Stercorarius 
  parasiticus 
  (L.). 
  Buffon's 
  Skua. 
  

  

  An 
  example 
  was 
  killed 
  at 
  Netherdale 
  (L. 
  D.), 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  

   time 
  another 
  was 
  killed 
  on 
  Bennachie, 
  and 
  both 
  birds 
  were 
  sent 
  

   to 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Sim. 
  

  

  Before 
  this, 
  Norman 
  recorded 
  two 
  obtained 
  near 
  Forres 
  about 
  

   10th 
  August 
  1868 
  (Zoologist, 
  1868, 
  p. 
  1200). 
  Brown 
  considers 
  it 
  

   of 
  very 
  rare 
  appearance. 
  He 
  saw 
  one 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  Nairn 
  sands 
  in 
  

   July 
  1882 
  by 
  Colonel 
  Baillie, 
  which 
  he 
  preserved, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  

   the 
  mansion-house 
  at 
  Lochloy. 
  

  

  Order 
  PYGOPODES. 
  

   Family 
  ALCIDJE. 
  

   Alca 
  torda, 
  L. 
  Razorbill. 
  

  

  Local 
  Name. 
  — 
  Marrot. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  Razorbills 
  breed 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  Sutor 
  of 
  Cromarty 
  Firth, 
  and 
  

   along 
  the 
  north 
  coast 
  of 
  Aberdeenshire 
  they 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  numbers 
  about 
  Troup 
  Head. 
  They 
  remain 
  all 
  winter 
  in 
  

   numbers 
  along 
  the 
  south 
  coasts; 
  but 
  are 
  less 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  