﻿BIRDS. 
  

  

  227 
  

  

  1879 
  j 
  one 
  at 
  Calcots 
  in 
  1876 
  j 
  one 
  at 
  Lossiemouth 
  in 
  1876, 
  and 
  

   another 
  there 
  in 
  1878 
  (Fauna 
  of 
  Moray). 
  

  

  Young 
  birds 
  are 
  common 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  in 
  winter 
  A 
  fine 
  old 
  

   male 
  was 
  caught 
  in 
  a 
  salmon 
  net, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  Brown's 
  shop 
  at 
  

   Forres, 
  but 
  such 
  old 
  birds 
  are 
  rare. 
  

  

  Podicipes 
  nigricollis 
  (Brehm). 
  Eared 
  Grebe. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  22nd 
  January 
  1861 
  Messrs. 
  Small 
  and 
  Son 
  received 
  an 
  Eared 
  

   Grebe 
  in 
  the 
  flesh 
  from 
  Morayshire. 
  

  

  Podicipes 
  fluviatilis 
  (Tunstall). 
  Little 
  Grebe. 
  

  

  These 
  birds 
  are 
  not 
  particularly 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  our 
  area, 
  

   though 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  rare, 
  hill-lochs 
  not 
  often 
  being 
  suitable 
  for 
  

   them 
  to 
  breed 
  in. 
  They 
  occur, 
  however, 
  in 
  most 
  suitable 
  places, 
  

   such 
  as 
  about 
  Dornoch, 
  near 
  Tain, 
  and 
  about 
  Invergarry. 
  They 
  

   come 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  quiet 
  sea-lochs 
  in 
  winter, 
  and 
  are 
  then 
  quite 
  

   common 
  about 
  the 
  Mound. 
  

  

  Little 
  Grebes 
  were 
  numerous 
  on 
  Loch 
  Spynie 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  ago, 
  

   but 
  in 
  May 
  1885, 
  on 
  the 
  occasion 
  of 
  a 
  visit 
  paid 
  to 
  that 
  famous 
  

   and 
  classic 
  haunt 
  of 
  wild 
  fowl, 
  we 
  were 
  told 
  that 
  only 
  one 
  nest 
  

   was 
  known 
  to 
  Captain 
  Dunbar-Brander 
  or 
  to 
  Jock 
  Phin 
  his 
  keeper. 
  

   Pike 
  are 
  blamed 
  for 
  extirpating 
  them. 
  

  

  Little 
  Grebes 
  are 
  not 
  rare 
  around 
  Kothiemay, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  

   reaches 
  above 
  Banff 
  and 
  Alvah 
  Bridge. 
  They 
  are 
  seen 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  

   sluggish 
  reaches 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  Isla, 
  near 
  Grange 
  station, 
  and 
  on 
  

   Long 
  Loch, 
  near 
  Keith, 
  and 
  elsewhere, 
  and 
  are 
  found 
  on 
  more 
  

   rapid 
  water 
  in 
  winter. 
  See 
  Analysis 
  under 
  Species. 
  

  

  Order 
  TUBINARES. 
  

  

  Family 
  PROCELLARIIDiE. 
  

   Fulmarus 
  glacialis 
  (L.). 
  Fulmar. 
  

  

  A 
  dark 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  Fulmar 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Invergarry 
  in 
  1885 
  

   (Macleay). 
  Another 
  specimen 
  was 
  picked 
  up 
  dead 
  on 
  the 
  Old 
  Bar 
  

   of 
  the 
  Findhorn 
  after 
  a 
  north-east 
  gale, 
  on 
  March 
  18th, 
  1886 
  : 
  

   it 
  was 
  a 
  male 
  in 
  grey 
  plumage. 
  In 
  Mr. 
  Norman's 
  notes 
  to 
  Dr. 
  

   Gordon 
  there 
  is 
  this 
  entry 
  :— 
  'Several, 
  Old 
  Bar,' 
  1881. 
  

  

  