﻿MAMMALIA. 
  

  

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  Genus 
  DELPHINUS. 
  

  

  Delphinus 
  delphis, 
  Linn. 
  Common 
  Dolphin. 
  

  

  This 
  animal 
  is 
  of 
  rare 
  occurrence 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  of 
  

   Scotland, 
  and 
  has 
  not 
  hitherto 
  been 
  recorded 
  for 
  " 
  Dee." 
  On 
  

   24th 
  August, 
  1895, 
  one, 
  eight 
  feet 
  long, 
  was 
  caught 
  in 
  a 
  

   herring 
  net 
  off 
  Aberdeen, 
  and 
  brought 
  into 
  the 
  Fish 
  Market 
  

   there, 
  where 
  I 
  had 
  the 
  opportunity 
  of 
  examining 
  it. 
  

  

  Genus 
  LAGENORHYNCHUS. 
  

  

  Lagenorhynchus 
  albirostris, 
  Gray. 
  White-beaked 
  

   Dolphin. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Royal 
  Physical 
  Society 
  of 
  

   Edinburgh," 
  vol. 
  x., 
  p. 
  14, 
  it 
  is 
  reported 
  that 
  " 
  an 
  adult 
  female 
  

   and 
  a 
  young 
  male 
  were 
  taken 
  together 
  off 
  Stonehaven, 
  Kin- 
  

   cardineshire, 
  in 
  July, 
  1888." 
  

  

  Order 
  RUMINANTIA. 
  

   Family 
  CEROIDS. 
  

   Genus 
  CERVUS, 
  Linn. 
  

   Cervus 
  elaphus, 
  Linn. 
  Red 
  Deer. 
  

  

  This, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  oldest 
  quadrupeds 
  (for 
  it 
  dates 
  back 
  to 
  

   the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  Irish 
  Elk, 
  Hyaena, 
  Rhinoceros, 
  and 
  Mammoth), 
  

   is 
  now 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  wild 
  animal 
  in 
  Britain, 
  and 
  one 
  

   to 
  which 
  large 
  tracts 
  of 
  country 
  are 
  exclusively 
  devoted. 
  

  

  Within 
  " 
  Dee," 
  the 
  chief 
  strongholds 
  of 
  the 
  Red 
  Deer 
  are 
  

   in 
  the 
  upper 
  parts 
  of 
  Deeside, 
  viz., 
  Glen 
  Tanner, 
  Glen 
  Muick, 
  

   Balmoral, 
  Invercauld, 
  and 
  Mar 
  Forests, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  to 
  

   be 
  seen 
  in 
  large 
  herds; 
  and 
  no 
  finer 
  sight 
  can 
  be 
  wished 
  

   for 
  than 
  to 
  witness 
  these 
  nimble 
  creatures 
  bounding 
  over 
  

   some 
  craggy 
  steep 
  when 
  alarmed 
  by 
  the 
  solitary 
  wanderer. 
  

  

  A 
  great 
  change 
  has 
  taken 
  place 
  in 
  these 
  animals 
  within 
  

   the 
  past 
  forty 
  years, 
  although 
  not 
  greater 
  than 
  that 
  which 
  

   had 
  been 
  in 
  progress 
  before 
  that 
  date. 
  I 
  refer 
  chiefly 
  to 
  the 
  

   decrease 
  in 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  antlers 
  of 
  the 
  Red 
  Deer 
  of 
  to-day, 
  

   as 
  compared 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  former 
  times. 
  Nowadays 
  the 
  

  

  