﻿PEEFACE. 
  

  

  Many 
  changes 
  have 
  occurred 
  in 
  "Dee" 
  since 
  1855, 
  

   the 
  date 
  of 
  issue 
  of 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  of 
  Deeside 
  

   and 
  Braemar, 
  written 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  highly-talented 
  

   Dr. 
  MacGillivray. 
  The 
  following 
  pages 
  are 
  the 
  

   result 
  of 
  observations 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  forty 
  

   years, 
  which, 
  it 
  is 
  hoped, 
  will 
  bring 
  those 
  changes 
  

   into 
  view, 
  and 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  our 
  Fauna 
  up 
  to 
  date. 
  

  

  IS 
  T 
  either 
  time 
  nor 
  trouble 
  has 
  been 
  spared 
  to 
  make 
  

   sure 
  of 
  the 
  matter 
  recorded, 
  and, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  is 
  possible, 
  

   every 
  statement 
  has 
  been 
  verified 
  by 
  personal 
  enquiry. 
  

  

  Much 
  assistance 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  by 
  willing 
  

   correspondents. 
  Especially 
  do 
  I 
  desire 
  to 
  record 
  

   the 
  kindly 
  help 
  received 
  from 
  Miss 
  D. 
  Hamilton, 
  

   of 
  Skene, 
  who 
  takes 
  an 
  enthusiastic 
  interest 
  in 
  

   Ornithology, 
  and 
  most 
  obligingly 
  placed 
  her 
  notes 
  

   at 
  my 
  disposal. 
  To 
  the 
  following 
  gentlemen 
  my 
  

   thanks 
  are 
  due 
  for 
  the 
  assistance 
  they 
  have 
  given 
  : 
  — 
  

   John 
  A. 
  Harvie-Brown, 
  Esq. 
  of 
  Dunipace 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  Alex. 
  

   Inkson 
  M'Connochie, 
  Aberdeen 
  ; 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Arthur 
  

   Thomson, 
  Aberdeen 
  University 
  ; 
  Dr. 
  Albert 
  Gunther 
  

   and 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  A. 
  Boulenger, 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  ; 
  

   Dr. 
  R 
  H. 
  Traquair. 
  and 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Eagle 
  Clarke, 
  of 
  

   the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Science 
  and 
  Art, 
  Edinburgh 
  ; 
  Dr. 
  

  

  