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  THE 
  VERTEBEATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  " 
  DEE." 
  

  

  likewise 
  contained 
  parts 
  of 
  a 
  bird. 
  On 
  March 
  12th, 
  1890, 
  a 
  

   female 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Aden 
  which 
  contained 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  a 
  

   mouse. 
  

  

  On 
  May 
  2nd, 
  1890, 
  a 
  male 
  was 
  caught 
  at 
  sea 
  off 
  Aber- 
  

   deen. 
  One 
  lived 
  in 
  the 
  shrubbery 
  around 
  Skene 
  House 
  from 
  

   12th 
  December, 
  1889, 
  till 
  the 
  28th 
  March 
  following. 
  It 
  

   was 
  seen 
  daily 
  by 
  the 
  proprietor, 
  who 
  was 
  my 
  informant, 
  and 
  

   also 
  by 
  Miss 
  D. 
  Hamilton, 
  who 
  is 
  a 
  close 
  and 
  accurate 
  

   observer. 
  

  

  Adams 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  This 
  bold 
  and 
  handsome 
  bird 
  was 
  shot 
  in 
  

   1844 
  near 
  the 
  house 
  of 
  Durris. 
  In 
  the 
  following 
  year 
  one 
  was 
  

   killed 
  near 
  Banchory, 
  and 
  another 
  this 
  year 
  (1859). 
  One 
  

   was 
  killed 
  at 
  Inchmarlo." 
  " 
  Very 
  rare 
  ; 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  only 
  two, 
  

   one 
  in 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1837, 
  and 
  another 
  in 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1859." 
  

   (J. 
  Wilson's 
  MS.) 
  A 
  pair 
  had 
  built 
  a 
  nest 
  in 
  a 
  spruce 
  in 
  the 
  

   garden 
  at 
  Fyvie 
  Castle. 
  The 
  nest 
  contained 
  an 
  egg, 
  and 
  the 
  

   female 
  was 
  found 
  lying 
  dead 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  tree. 
  

  

  One 
  frequented 
  the 
  same 
  garden 
  from 
  November, 
  1889, 
  to 
  

   February, 
  1890, 
  and 
  was 
  often 
  seen 
  capturing 
  Tits 
  and 
  Gold 
  

   Crests." 
  (Serle, 
  Avi-fauna 
  of 
  Buchan, 
  p. 
  10.) 
  

  

  Lanius 
  collurio, 
  Linn. 
  Red-backed 
  Shrike. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  birds 
  for 
  the 
  parish 
  

   of 
  Peterhead 
  as 
  it 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  N. 
  S. 
  A., 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  

   said 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  species 
  mentioned 
  had 
  been 
  "found 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  ten 
  years." 
  This 
  list 
  was 
  prepared 
  

   by 
  the 
  late 
  Adam 
  Arbuthnot. 
  This 
  would 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  

   Red-backed 
  Shrike 
  had 
  been 
  got 
  at 
  Peterhead 
  between 
  1833 
  

   and 
  1843. 
  Horn, 
  in 
  his 
  Birds 
  of 
  Buchan, 
  says 
  this 
  specimen, 
  

   a 
  male, 
  " 
  is 
  still 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  at 
  Peterhead." 
  Gray, 
  in 
  his 
  

   Birds 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  of 
  Scotland, 
  says 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  seen 
  this 
  

   specimen, 
  and 
  states 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  male, 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  

   obtained 
  " 
  about 
  the 
  year 
  1833." 
  Now, 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   specimen 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  Peterhead 
  Museum 
  is 
  quite 
  

   true, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  particle 
  of 
  evidence^ 
  or 
  information 
  

   regarding 
  when 
  or 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  obtained, 
  and 
  besides 
  it 
  is 
  

   unquestionably 
  a 
  female. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  May, 
  1891, 
  a 
  male 
  and 
  female 
  of 
  this 
  

   species 
  were 
  shot 
  by 
  Mr. 
  West 
  at 
  Aden 
  Cottage, 
  Peterhead, 
  

   and 
  were 
  preserved 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  M'Boyle 
  of 
  that 
  town. 
  In 
  the 
  

  

  