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  BIRDS. 
  

  

  Fratercula 
  arctica 
  (L.). 
  Puffin. 
  

  

  Local 
  Name. 
  — 
  Tammie 
  Norrie. 
  

  

  Less 
  numerous 
  off 
  the 
  north 
  coast 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  sea-birds; 
  not 
  

   very 
  common 
  about 
  Findhorn 
  Bay, 
  though 
  Brown 
  has 
  several 
  

   times 
  met 
  with 
  it 
  there 
  in 
  winter. 
  

  

  The 
  Puffin 
  breeds 
  in 
  comparatively 
  small 
  numbers 
  — 
  yet 
  in 
  

   thousands 
  — 
  at 
  Troup 
  Head 
  (George 
  Sim). 
  Inland 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  acci- 
  

   dental 
  visitor. 
  One 
  was 
  caught 
  alive 
  by 
  the 
  Cabrach 
  postman, 
  

   during 
  a 
  severe 
  snowstorm, 
  at 
  the 
  roadside 
  near 
  Belcherrie, 
  and 
  

   is 
  stuffed, 
  and 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Grant 
  of 
  Beldornie. 
  

   It 
  is 
  not 
  necessary 
  to 
  record 
  other 
  occurrences, 
  except, 
  perhaps, 
  

   one 
  other 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  day 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  valley. 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  0. 
  

   Wilson 
  writes 
  : 
  — 
  'On 
  this 
  very 
  day 
  — 
  18/viii/91 
  — 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  Puffin 
  in 
  

   confinement 
  at 
  Scott's 
  Hospital, 
  Huntly. 
  The 
  Governor 
  found 
  it 
  

   amongst 
  his 
  poultry, 
  and 
  was 
  under 
  the 
  impression 
  that 
  some 
  boy 
  

   had 
  brought 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  sea-side 
  on 
  " 
  the 
  holiday," 
  and 
  had 
  either 
  

   lost 
  it 
  or 
  set 
  it 
  at 
  liberty.' 
  We 
  also 
  heard 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  when 
  at 
  

   Huntly 
  in 
  August 
  1891. 
  

  

  Family 
  COLYMBIDiE. 
  

   Colymbus 
  glacialis, 
  L. 
  Great 
  Northern 
  Diver. 
  

  

  Local 
  Name. 
  — 
  Ammer 
  or 
  Emmer 
  Goose. 
  

  

  Though 
  hot 
  known 
  to 
  breed 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Isles, 
  this 
  bird 
  occurs 
  at 
  

   times 
  in 
  inland 
  situations 
  in 
  summer. 
  We 
  ourselves 
  shot 
  a 
  fine 
  

   male 
  (1) 
  in 
  full 
  summer 
  plumage 
  on 
  the 
  Brora 
  in 
  May 
  1877. 
  

   Another 
  was 
  got 
  at 
  Glenquoich 
  in 
  June 
  1880 
  (Macleay). 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  

   a 
  very 
  rare 
  bird 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  in 
  winter 
  and 
  spring, 
  though 
  not 
  

   nearly 
  so 
  abundant 
  there 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  west. 
  

  

  Edward 
  says 
  : 
  — 
  ' 
  Some 
  seasons 
  pretty 
  plentiful. 
  Splendid 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  are 
  procured, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  generally 
  immature.' 
  There 
  is 
  one 
  

   in 
  fine 
  summer 
  plumage, 
  and 
  others 
  in 
  winter 
  plumage 
  in 
  the 
  

   collection 
  in 
  Duff 
  House. 
  The 
  summer-plumaged 
  bird 
  was 
  caught 
  

   in 
  a 
  net 
  at 
  sea; 
  "all 
  were 
  got 
  off 
  the 
  Banff 
  coast" 
  (Mowat, 
  

   keeper, 
  viva 
  voce), 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  various 
  other 
  records 
  at 
  Forres 
  

   and 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  birds 
  shot 
  or 
  caught 
  in 
  salmon 
  nets.' 
  

  

  