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  THE 
  VEETEBEATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  Family 
  MOTACILLID^E. 
  

  

  Genus 
  MOTACILLA, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Motacilla 
  lugubris, 
  Temm. 
  Pied 
  Wagtail. 
  

   "Watery 
  Wagtail." 
  

  

  Abundant 
  ; 
  resident 
  ; 
  and 
  breeds 
  throughout 
  " 
  Dee." 
  

  

  Motacilla 
  melanope, 
  Pallas. 
  Grey 
  Wagtail. 
  

   "Yellow-seed 
  Lady." 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  common, 
  and 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  along 
  the 
  banks 
  

   of 
  our 
  principal 
  streams 
  near 
  which 
  it 
  breeds. 
  A 
  few 
  are 
  

   to 
  be 
  seen 
  during 
  winter, 
  but 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  greater 
  numbers 
  

   leave 
  us 
  in 
  autumn. 
  By 
  many 
  people 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  called 
  

   the 
  "Yellow 
  Wagtail," 
  which 
  frequently 
  causes 
  confusion. 
  

  

  Motacilla 
  raii, 
  Bonaparte. 
  Yellow 
  Wagtail. 
  

  

  "This 
  species 
  properly 
  so-called 
  — 
  Budytes 
  rayi 
  — 
  I 
  have 
  

   not 
  met 
  with." 
  (MacGillivray.) 
  "They 
  breed 
  plentifully 
  among 
  

   the 
  hillocks 
  which 
  stretch 
  along 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  coast 
  between 
  

   the 
  Don 
  and 
  Newburgh 
  ; 
  then 
  again, 
  from 
  Peterhead 
  to 
  

   Fraserburgh." 
  (Smiles's 
  Life 
  of 
  a 
  Scottish 
  Naturalist, 
  p. 
  400.) 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  pleasant 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  corroborate 
  the 
  latter 
  state- 
  

   ments. 
  The 
  birds 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Wm. 
  M'Boyle, 
  of 
  

   Peterhead, 
  from 
  whom 
  I 
  received 
  specimens 
  killed 
  by 
  him 
  

   on 
  the 
  links 
  of 
  St. 
  Fergus. 
  This 
  species 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  seen 
  

   at 
  Forvie 
  Links, 
  and 
  a 
  nest 
  containing 
  five 
  eggs 
  at 
  Mennie, 
  in 
  

   1893, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Kelly, 
  Aberdeen. 
  Again, 
  in 
  1895, 
  the 
  same 
  

   gentleman 
  saw 
  a 
  pair 
  by 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  burn 
  that 
  crosses 
  

   the 
  links 
  about 
  five 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Aberdeen. 
  This 
  evidence 
  

   covers 
  the 
  whole 
  ground 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Edward. 
  

  

  Genus 
  ANTHUS, 
  Bech. 
  

   Anthus 
  pratensis, 
  Linn. 
  Meadow-Pipit. 
  

  

  Eesident 
  and 
  breeds 
  throughout 
  the 
  district. 
  

  

  Anthus 
  trivialis, 
  Linn. 
  Tree-Pipit. 
  

  

  Local 
  ; 
  fairly 
  abundant 
  in 
  some 
  places, 
  and 
  altogether 
  

   absent 
  from 
  others 
  ; 
  tolerably 
  common 
  about 
  the 
  woods 
  of 
  

  

  