﻿BIEDS. 
  

  

  87 
  

  

  Fintray, 
  which 
  lie 
  along 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Don, 
  where 
  

   Mr. 
  S. 
  Burnett 
  obtained 
  the 
  nest. 
  One 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  

   W. 
  H. 
  Ritchie, 
  Esq., 
  at 
  Dunnottar 
  House, 
  May 
  12th, 
  1899, 
  

   who 
  forwarded 
  it 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  Anthus 
  obscurus, 
  Latham. 
  Rock-Pipit. 
  

  

  Resident 
  along 
  the 
  rocky 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  coast, 
  forming 
  its 
  

   nest 
  under 
  ledges 
  of 
  rock 
  or 
  tufts 
  of 
  grass, 
  and 
  finding 
  its 
  food 
  

   among 
  the 
  " 
  wrack 
  " 
  cast 
  up 
  by 
  the 
  sea, 
  and 
  on 
  such 
  insects 
  

   as 
  frequent 
  the 
  cliffs 
  and 
  herbage 
  that 
  grow 
  thereon. 
  

  

  Family 
  ORIOLID^. 
  

   Genus 
  ORIOLUS, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Oriolus 
  galbula, 
  Linn. 
  Golden 
  Oriole. 
  

  

  " 
  One 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Aberdeen 
  by 
  A. 
  Mitchell 
  in 
  1886." 
  

   (Mr. 
  J. 
  Taylor's 
  MS.) 
  Another 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Glack, 
  Aberdeen- 
  

   shire, 
  and 
  preserved 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Reid, 
  Pitcaple. 
  

  

  Family 
  LANIIDiE. 
  

  

  Genus 
  LANIUS, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Lanius 
  excubitor, 
  Linn. 
  Great 
  Grey 
  Shrike. 
  

   "Butcher 
  Bird." 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  frequent 
  though 
  irregular 
  visitor 
  to 
  " 
  Dee." 
  In 
  

   1865, 
  one 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Ballogie 
  ; 
  on 
  March 
  17th, 
  1866, 
  another 
  

   was 
  shot 
  at 
  Parkhill 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  third 
  at 
  Corse, 
  Lumphanan, 
  

   February 
  7th, 
  1889. 
  A 
  male 
  was 
  caught 
  on 
  Old 
  Aberdeen 
  

   Links 
  by 
  a 
  man 
  who 
  was 
  snaring 
  larks 
  and 
  linnets, 
  and 
  it 
  

   was 
  brought 
  alive 
  to 
  me. 
  Its 
  stomach 
  contained 
  the 
  remains 
  

   of 
  a 
  bird. 
  On 
  2nd 
  May 
  following, 
  a 
  male 
  flew 
  on 
  board 
  an 
  

   Aberdeen 
  line-boat 
  while 
  at 
  sea. 
  On 
  February 
  8th, 
  1890, 
  a 
  

   Great 
  Grey 
  Shrike 
  was 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  estate 
  of 
  Aden 
  and 
  

   sent 
  to 
  me. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  male, 
  and 
  had 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  a 
  

   mouse 
  in 
  its 
  stomach. 
  On 
  February 
  20th, 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  year, 
  

   a 
  male 
  was 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  estate 
  of 
  Newton 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Gordon, 
  the 
  

   proprietor. 
  It 
  had 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  a 
  bird 
  in 
  its 
  stomach. 
  

   On 
  the 
  same 
  day 
  I 
  also 
  received 
  a 
  female 
  whose 
  stomach 
  

  

  