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  ANALYSIS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MAMMALIAN 
  AND 
  AVIAN 
  FAUNA. 
  

  

  ESCAPED 
  SPECIES. 
  

  

  Eed-winged 
  Starling. 
  1 
  Canada 
  Goose.) 
  2 
  Purple 
  Gallinule. 
  

   Egyptian 
  Goose. 
  Mute 
  Swan, 
  j 
  

  

  SPECIES 
  OF 
  DOUBTFUL 
  SPECIFIC 
  VALUE. 
  

   Polish 
  Swan. 
  Bimaculated 
  Duck. 
  

  

  FORMERLY 
  NESTING. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  known 
  to 
  nest 
  commonly 
  in 
  

   former 
  years 
  in 
  the 
  area 
  of 
  Moray, 
  but 
  now 
  no 
  longer 
  do 
  so, 
  or 
  at 
  

   least 
  in 
  very 
  rare 
  instances. 
  Those 
  marked 
  * 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  no 
  

   longer. 
  

  

  Goldfinch. 
  (Hen 
  Harrier.) 
  *(Goshawk.) 
  

  

  *(Great 
  Spotted 
  Wood- 
  (Buzzard.) 
  *(Kite.) 
  

   pecker). 
  * 
  (White-tailed 
  Eagle.) 
  

  

  OCCASIONALLY 
  NESTING. 
  

  

  Some 
  species, 
  although 
  they 
  occur 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  commonly 
  on 
  

   migration, 
  are 
  only 
  known 
  as 
  yet 
  occasionally 
  to 
  nest 
  in 
  the 
  Moray 
  

  

  1 
  But 
  see 
  our 
  volume 
  on 
  Argyll. 
  

  

  2 
  Although 
  both 
  the 
  Canada 
  Goose 
  and 
  Mute 
  Swan 
  are 
  included 
  under 
  the 
  

   above 
  heading 
  , 
  we 
  are 
  inclined 
  to 
  consider 
  them, 
  in 
  some 
  instances 
  at 
  least, 
  as 
  really 
  

   wild 
  birds. 
  The 
  Canada 
  Goose 
  is 
  an 
  extremely 
  abundant 
  species 
  in 
  autumn 
  on 
  the 
  

   shores 
  and 
  bays 
  of 
  New 
  Brunswick, 
  Canada. 
  The 
  Mute 
  Swan 
  also 
  is 
  (or 
  was 
  in 
  

   1868) 
  very 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  Sweden, 
  collecting 
  in 
  hundreds 
  in 
  the 
  bays 
  and 
  

   shallow 
  creeks 
  around 
  Malmo 
  and 
  Falsterbo 
  — 
  the 
  extreme 
  southern 
  point 
  of 
  Sweden. 
  

   They 
  collect 
  there 
  during 
  the 
  moulting 
  season, 
  and 
  many 
  were 
  unable 
  to 
  fly 
  in 
  

   October 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  man 
  in 
  a 
  light 
  punt, 
  and 
  by 
  rowing 
  hard, 
  could 
  overtake 
  and 
  kill 
  

   them 
  with 
  an 
  oar. 
  This 
  is 
  our 
  own 
  personal 
  experience 
  (T. 
  E. 
  B. 
  ), 
  and 
  there 
  seems 
  

   no 
  reason 
  why 
  some 
  at 
  least 
  of 
  these 
  should 
  not 
  accompany 
  the 
  families 
  of 
  Whoopers 
  

   which 
  begin 
  to 
  come 
  down 
  to 
  these 
  same 
  localities 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  October. 
  

  

  