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  THE 
  VEETEBEATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  having 
  " 
  made 
  its 
  appearance 
  in 
  the 
  parish 
  of 
  Slain 
  s 
  in 
  the 
  

   year 
  1788." 
  

  

  " 
  Occurs 
  with 
  us 
  almost 
  every 
  winter. 
  In 
  1850 
  as 
  many 
  

   as 
  ten 
  were 
  got." 
  (J. 
  Taylor, 
  in 
  Naturalist, 
  vol. 
  iii., 
  p. 
  140.) 
  

   " 
  This 
  interesting 
  visitor 
  has 
  been 
  repeatedly 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  

   district, 
  generally 
  in 
  spring. 
  One 
  was 
  shot 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  of 
  

   Blackhall 
  in 
  April, 
  1851." 
  (Adams.) 
  "One 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  

   Kinmundy, 
  near 
  Peterhead, 
  April, 
  1851." 
  (W. 
  Ferguson, 
  in 
  

   the 
  Naturalist, 
  vol. 
  i., 
  p. 
  94.) 
  " 
  Mr. 
  Stewart 
  states 
  that 
  one 
  

   has 
  been 
  once 
  shot 
  at 
  Glen 
  Gairn." 
  (MacGillivray.) 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  specimens 
  have 
  all 
  been 
  seen 
  by 
  me. 
  One 
  

   was 
  killed 
  in 
  the 
  parish 
  of 
  Auchindoir, 
  and 
  another 
  in 
  the 
  

   parish 
  of 
  Birse 
  in 
  1866 
  ; 
  and 
  on 
  December 
  4th, 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   year, 
  one 
  was 
  killed 
  near 
  Aberdeen. 
  About 
  the 
  same 
  date, 
  

   one 
  was 
  sent 
  for 
  preservation 
  to 
  the 
  late 
  A. 
  Mitchell, 
  Castle 
  

   Street, 
  Aberdeen, 
  and 
  he 
  also 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  period 
  shot 
  one 
  in 
  

   a 
  nursery 
  in 
  town. 
  One 
  was 
  killed 
  at 
  the 
  Old 
  Moss 
  of 
  Gight, 
  

   October, 
  1871, 
  and 
  another 
  at 
  Woodhead, 
  November 
  27th. 
  

   Two 
  were 
  found 
  dead 
  in 
  the 
  Den 
  of 
  Rothie, 
  December, 
  

   1872. 
  One 
  was 
  killed 
  at 
  Meldrum 
  House, 
  January 
  12th, 
  1882. 
  

   In 
  1893 
  one 
  was 
  obtained 
  on 
  January 
  2nd 
  ; 
  another, 
  on 
  the 
  

   7th, 
  flew 
  into 
  a 
  house 
  in 
  the 
  parish 
  of 
  Tough. 
  A 
  fine 
  female, 
  

   whose 
  stomach 
  was 
  full 
  of 
  juniper 
  berries, 
  was 
  killed 
  near 
  

   Rhynie 
  ; 
  and 
  another 
  was 
  killed 
  at 
  Arbuthnot 
  House, 
  

   Kincardineshire. 
  

  

  In 
  1897 
  one 
  was 
  killed 
  at 
  Methlick 
  on 
  November 
  4th 
  ; 
  and, 
  

   on 
  December 
  4th, 
  two 
  others 
  at 
  Parkstile, 
  Strathdon, 
  and 
  five 
  

   more 
  at 
  Rhynie. 
  

  

  Family 
  MUSCICAPID^. 
  

   Genus 
  MUSCICAPA, 
  Linn. 
  

   Muscicapa 
  grisola, 
  Linn. 
  Spotted 
  Flycatcher. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  most 
  common 
  visitors, 
  and 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  

   found 
  breeding 
  in 
  all 
  suitable 
  localities. 
  

  

  Muscicapa 
  atricapilla, 
  Linn. 
  Pied 
  Flycatcher. 
  

  

  "A 
  bird 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  shot 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  of 
  Hazelhead, 
  

   near 
  Aberdeen, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Robert 
  Dickie, 
  about 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  

   July, 
  1845." 
  (Naturalist, 
  vol. 
  ii., 
  p. 
  239.) 
  "Two 
  were 
  killed 
  at 
  

  

  