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  ANALYSIS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MAMMALIAN 
  AND 
  AVIAN 
  FAUNA. 
  

  

  Barn 
  (Jwl. 
  

  

  Teal. 
  

  

  Ring 
  Plover. 
  

  

  Long-Eared 
  Owl. 
  

  

  Wigeon. 
  

  

  «U 
  ~— 
  T">1 
  ~ 
  

  

  Golden 
  Plover. 
  

  

  lawny 
  Owl. 
  

  

  Pochard. 
  d 
  

  

  Lapwing. 
  

  

  TT 
  TT 
  * 
  

  

  Hen 
  Harrier. 
  

  

  Goosander 
  

  

  Uyster-Oatcner. 
  

  

  Buzzard. 
  

  

  Ked- 
  breasted 
  Mer- 
  V 
  

  

  Woodcock. 
  

  

  broiaen 
  Jcjagie. 
  

  

  ganser. 
  J 
  

  

  Snipe. 
  

  

  Sparrow 
  Hawk. 
  

  

  Woodpigeon. 
  

   fc>tocK 
  Dove. 
  

  

  Dunlin. 
  

  

  Peregrine 
  Falcon. 
  

  

  Redshank. 
  

  

  Merlin. 
  

  

  Kock 
  Dove. 
  

  

  Uurlew. 
  

  

  Kestrel. 
  

  

  "Dl 
  1 
  d 
  „ 
  ^ 
  

  

  Black 
  Grouse. 
  

  

  Black-headed 
  Gull. 
  

  

  Cormorant. 
  1 
  

  

  Eed 
  Grouse. 
  

  

  Common 
  Gull. 
  

  

  Shag. 
  2 
  

  

  Ptarmigan. 
  

  

  Herring 
  Gull. 
  

  

  Common 
  Heron. 
  

  

  Pheasant. 
  

  

  Great 
  Black-backed 
  Gull. 
  

  

  Shielduck. 
  

  

  Partridge. 
  

  

  Black-throated 
  Diver. 
  6 
  

  

  Wild 
  Duck. 
  

  

  Moorhen. 
  

  

  Red-throated 
  Diver. 
  7 
  

  

  Shoveller. 
  

  

  Coot. 
  

  

  Little 
  Grebe. 
  8 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  sea-birds 
  or 
  rock-birds 
  may 
  most 
  justly 
  be 
  classed 
  

   as 
  summer 
  visitants, 
  but 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  often 
  observed 
  either 
  out 
  at 
  

   sea, 
  on 
  the 
  coast, 
  or 
  far 
  inland 
  after 
  severe 
  gales 
  of 
  wind 
  from 
  the 
  

   east, 
  may 
  also 
  by 
  some 
  be 
  held 
  to 
  hold 
  an 
  intermediate 
  value 
  between 
  

   residents 
  and 
  summer 
  visitants. 
  

  

  Razorbill. 
  Guillemot. 
  Black 
  Guillemot. 
  9 
  Puffin. 
  

  

  1 
  One 
  frequented 
  Lochs 
  an 
  Eilein 
  and 
  Gamhna 
  for 
  some 
  days 
  in 
  September 
  1895 
  

   (Hinxman). 
  

  

  2 
  Does 
  not 
  breed, 
  but 
  young 
  are 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  all 
  the 
  year 
  round. 
  Though 
  

   stated 
  to 
  breed 
  in 
  certain 
  caves 
  of 
  the 
  north 
  coast 
  of 
  Aberdeen, 
  this 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  

   certainly 
  recorded. 
  3 
  Rarer 
  in 
  winter. 
  

  

  4 
  Goosanders 
  and 
  Mergansers 
  were 
  seen 
  on 
  Spey 
  and 
  Loch 
  Inch 
  throughout 
  

   October 
  and 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  November, 
  but 
  had 
  left 
  by 
  25th 
  November 
  (Hinxman). 
  

   They 
  repair 
  to 
  tidal 
  reaches 
  in 
  most 
  cases, 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  remain 
  inland 
  even 
  in 
  winter. 
  

  

  5 
  The 
  Stock 
  Dove 
  is 
  distinctly 
  migratory, 
  spreading 
  over 
  the 
  country 
  till 
  autumn, 
  

   when 
  the 
  greater 
  number 
  leaves, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  sufficient 
  evidence 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  it 
  

   occasionally 
  occurs 
  in 
  winter. 
  

  

  6 
  Resident, 
  but 
  migrating 
  from 
  inland 
  localities 
  to 
  the 
  sea 
  ; 
  rare 
  in 
  winter 
  in 
  

   the 
  Moray 
  Firth 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  7 
  Same 
  as 
  foregoing, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  breed 
  nearly 
  so 
  far 
  south. 
  

  

  8 
  We 
  have 
  lately 
  learnt 
  from 
  Captain 
  Dunbar-Brander 
  that 
  the 
  pike 
  have 
  almost 
  

   died 
  out 
  of 
  Loch 
  Spynie, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  Little 
  Grebes 
  are 
  again 
  increasing. 
  

  

  9 
  Of 
  doubtful 
  occurrence 
  now 
  as 
  a 
  breeding 
  species, 
  although 
  certainly 
  it 
  did 
  at 
  

   one 
  time 
  nestle 
  in 
  the 
  Aberdeenshire 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  area. 
  

  

  