BIRDS. 



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vol. iv. p. vi.), erroneously given as "18tli October " in Annals Scot. 

 Nat. Hist. (IdOi, p. 211). 



Ohs. — The only other which has occurred at all near our border 

 on the north is one said to have been obtained near Banchory, 

 Kincardineshire (Dee), about 1844; but though it was mentioned to 

 Mr. Gray that this bird was presented to Mr. Macgillivray by Mr. 

 Craibe Angus, there is no notice taken of it by Macgillivray. 



And the only one I have note of near our borders on the south is 

 one at Kilconquhar (Forth) in September 1842. (T do not speak of 

 Central Scotland localities here.) 



Order ANSERES. 

 Family ANATIDJE. 



[Chenalopex aegyptiaca (Gmel). Egyptian Goose. 



Rare visitant, or otherwise, escapes of introduced birds. 



One shot upon Montrose Basin in December 1874 was, with little doubt, 

 only an escape, and that probably from localities not far removed — e.g. private 

 ponds in Forfar- and Kincardine-shires. 



There is one also in the Perth Museum shot on the Tay opposite Port 

 Allen {Trans, and Proc. Perth. Soc. Nat. Science, 1903-4, p. 19 of vol. xi.)]. 



A riser cine re us, Meyer. Grey Lag Goose. 



Old Gaelic name, Muirgeadh (old Statistical Account, vol. xvii. p. 19). 

 Occasional along the lands near the coast-line, but not of regular 

 appearance. 



Included by Col. Drummond Hay as one of four species of Grey 

 Geese which frequent the Carse of Gowrie, and as seen "in pretty 

 considerable flocks." I suspect Col. Drummond Hay when giving 

 utterance to the last remark was not really referring to the numbers 

 of Grey Lags, but to the numbers of Grey Geese in general. 



Mr. W. A. Brown, who used to "punt" a good deal upon the 

 estuary of Tay, got a good many of these birds at times. He got 

 two about the 10th January 1873 {in lit.). 



Also, on the Tay near Errol, Mr. J. Nelson got one on 12th 

 February 1886, which, as with many other specimens, he sent to Mr. 

 Marshall, of Stanley, and in whose collection it now is. 



In 1903 a male was shot at Ballinluig, and was sent to Mr. 

 Malloch in the flesh by Mr, James Grant (Registers). 



