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BIRDS. 



land; and though I remarked their absence there in May 1905, I 

 saw evidence of their having been there earlier, in their remains 

 hanging up on gamekeepers' hoardings. 



Larus Marinus, L. Great Black-Backed Gull. 



Though not to be valued as very abundant, it is well represented 

 on all the lower reaches of the river Tay, occasionally ascending 

 some distance above Perth. 



The Black Book of Kincardineshire gives it as "A visitor to the 

 Coast." 



On Tents Muir Mr. Godfrey and his friend Mr. Geo. Barbour — 

 much to their surprise — found a flock of 93, both adults and " some" 

 immature ; and they are met vdth also at certain times at Fife Ness. 



These birds are stated to be seen occasionally far inland, as at 

 Kinloch Rannoch (April 23, 1902), but are not so commonly 

 found so far inland as the smaller species. 



AVhen the great flights of Arctic Gulls — Glaucous and Iceland, 

 etc. — were seen passing down the coast at St. Andrews, I did not 

 observe amongst these continuous streams of migrants any of this 

 large species, though they were not uncommon amongst the Arctic 

 confreres which frequented the upper waters of the adjoining 

 Firth of Forth, at Kincardine-on-Forth, and further up the tidal 

 river. 



