﻿ANALYSIS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MAMMALIAN 
  AND 
  AVIAN 
  FAUNA. 
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  only 
  possesses 
  three, 
  viz., 
  the 
  Common} 
  Greenland, 
  and 
  Great 
  Grey 
  

   Seals. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  twenty-one 
  species 
  of 
  Cetacea 
  recorded 
  by 
  Bell 
  (from 
  which 
  

   the 
  Greenland 
  Eight 
  Whale 
  may 
  possibly 
  be 
  excluded) 
  only 
  eight 
  have 
  

   been 
  noted. 
  These 
  are 
  the 
  Common 
  and 
  Sibbald's 
  Rorquals, 
  the 
  Hump- 
  

   backed, 
  Bottlenose, 
  Soiverby's, 
  White, 
  and 
  Pilot 
  Whales, 
  and 
  the 
  Porpoise. 
  

  

  Out 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  species 
  of 
  Ungulata 
  three 
  occur 
  in 
  Moray, 
  viz., 
  

   the 
  Red-, 
  Fallow-, 
  and 
  the 
  Roe-deer 
  (the 
  other 
  — 
  Bos 
  taurus 
  — 
  being 
  

   extinct). 
  

  

  Thirteen 
  species 
  of 
  Rodentia 
  inhabit 
  Britain, 
  and 
  of 
  these 
  no 
  less 
  

   than 
  twelve 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  Moray. 
  These 
  are 
  the 
  Squirrel, 
  Harvest 
  

   Mouse? 
  Wood 
  Mouse, 
  and 
  Common 
  House 
  Mouse 
  ; 
  the 
  Black 
  Rat 
  (pro- 
  

   bably 
  now 
  extinct), 
  Brown 
  Rat, 
  Common 
  and 
  Bank 
  Voles, 
  Water 
  Vole, 
  

   Common 
  and 
  Mountain 
  Hares, 
  and 
  the 
  Rabbit. 
  

  

  AVES. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  Birds 
  we 
  find 
  greater 
  difficulty 
  in 
  making 
  an 
  analysis. 
  

   Not 
  only 
  is 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  far 
  greater, 
  but 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  migratory 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  difficulty 
  lies 
  in 
  classifying 
  them 
  

   under 
  their 
  respective 
  headings. 
  We 
  have 
  endeavoured 
  to 
  do 
  so, 
  

   however, 
  in 
  somewhat 
  more 
  minute 
  detail 
  as 
  to 
  Faunal 
  Values 
  than 
  

   is 
  usually 
  attempted. 
  This 
  analysis 
  of 
  the 
  bird-fauna 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  

   thoroughly 
  understood 
  and 
  appreciated 
  after 
  reading 
  the 
  text, 
  and 
  

  

  1 
  A 
  Common 
  Seal 
  forced 
  its 
  way 
  up 
  the 
  Findhorn 
  river 
  on 
  26th 
  October 
  1895, 
  

   and 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  James, 
  son 
  of 
  Brown 
  of 
  Forres 
  : 
  it 
  measured 
  3 
  feet 
  6 
  inches 
  in 
  

   length, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  preserved 
  by 
  his 
  father. 
  The 
  river 
  watcher, 
  Mr. 
  Percie, 
  told 
  

   Brown 
  he 
  had 
  never 
  seen 
  a 
  Seal 
  so 
  far 
  up 
  the 
  river 
  before 
  (James 
  Brown, 
  in 
  lit. 
  

   3rd 
  December 
  1895). 
  

  

  2 
  Since 
  the 
  mammalian 
  portion 
  of 
  our 
  Fauna 
  was 
  printed 
  off, 
  we 
  find 
  that 
  Mr. 
  

   J. 
  E. 
  Harting 
  records 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Small 
  of 
  Edinburgh 
  received 
  two 
  specimens 
  1 
  main- 
  

   years 
  ago 
  ' 
  from 
  Banffshire, 
  presumably 
  from 
  Edward; 
  but 
  upon 
  questioning 
  Mr. 
  

   Small 
  lately, 
  lie 
  could 
  not 
  remember 
  the 
  fact, 
  though 
  he 
  remembered 
  receiving 
  three 
  

   in 
  the 
  flesh, 
  but 
  whence 
  he 
  could 
  not 
  recollect. 
  The 
  identification, 
  however, 
  of 
  the 
  

   species 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Sim 
  seems 
  sufficient 
  to 
  warrant 
  the 
  species 
  being 
  included, 
  though 
  it 
  

   is 
  difficult 
  to 
  say 
  whether 
  its 
  presence 
  in 
  the 
  Moray 
  Firth 
  districts 
  may 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  

   due 
  to 
  accidental 
  introduction 
  by 
  vessels 
  trading 
  to 
  the 
  port 
  of 
  Banff. 
  We 
  can 
  

   hardly 
  accept 
  it 
  meanwhile 
  as 
  a 
  native. 
  Mr. 
  Harting's 
  reference 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  Zoo/oyixf, 
  

   November 
  1895, 
  p. 
  491. 
  Mr. 
  Sim 
  agrees 
  with 
  us 
  that 
  the 
  O.reenscare.s 
  example 
  may 
  

   have 
  been 
  brought 
  in 
  a 
  cereal-laden 
  ship. 
  He 
  adds, 
  only 
  one 
  other 
  instance 
  in 
  

   known 
  to 
  him 
  in 
  'Dee,' 
  on 
  the 
  authority 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  Burnett 
  at 
  Kemnay 
  

   (Aberdeenshire). 
  

  

  