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  THE 
  VE 
  ETE 
  BE 
  ATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  " 
  DEE." 
  

  

  number 
  at 
  Pitfodels, 
  near 
  Aberdeen, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Smitb 
  of 
  the 
  

   North 
  of 
  Scotland 
  Bank, 
  who 
  showed 
  it 
  to 
  me. 
  On 
  the 
  

   beginning 
  of 
  April, 
  1893, 
  a 
  Crossbill's 
  nest 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   woods 
  of 
  Haddo 
  House, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Muirhead, 
  factor 
  to 
  

   Lord 
  Aberdeen 
  ; 
  four 
  eggs 
  were 
  laid, 
  two 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  now 
  

   in 
  the 
  Haddo 
  Estates 
  Museum. 
  In 
  the 
  0. 
  S. 
  A., 
  vol. 
  xvi., 
  

   p. 
  634, 
  1795, 
  the 
  Crossbill 
  is 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  birds 
  

   for 
  the 
  parish 
  of 
  Lonmay. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Aberdeen 
  Journal 
  for 
  July 
  21st, 
  1810, 
  is 
  the 
  

   following 
  : 
  " 
  Within 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  days 
  past 
  a 
  flock 
  of 
  birds 
  

   have 
  made 
  their 
  appearance 
  here 
  of 
  a 
  species 
  rarely 
  seen 
  in 
  

   this 
  country. 
  They 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  'Genus 
  Loxia' 
  order, 
  commonly 
  

   called 
  Crossbill 
  or 
  'German 
  Parrot.' 
  They 
  are 
  inhabitants 
  

   of 
  Sweden, 
  Germany, 
  and 
  the 
  southern 
  parts 
  of 
  Russia, 
  and 
  

   migrate 
  periodically 
  to 
  this 
  country. 
  The 
  last 
  flock 
  seen 
  here 
  

   was 
  about 
  seventeen 
  years 
  ago. 
  They 
  generally 
  fix 
  their 
  

   residence 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  pine 
  woods. 
  Numbers 
  of 
  

   them 
  have 
  been 
  shot 
  at 
  this 
  time. 
  The 
  male 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  red-lead 
  

   colour, 
  mixed 
  with 
  deep 
  brown, 
  and 
  has 
  black 
  legs. 
  The 
  

   colour 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  inclines 
  to 
  green, 
  streaked 
  with 
  brown." 
  

  

  At 
  page 
  351 
  of 
  the 
  N. 
  S. 
  A., 
  the 
  Crossbill 
  finds 
  a 
  place 
  in 
  

   the 
  list 
  of 
  birds 
  given 
  for 
  the 
  parish 
  of 
  Peterhead. 
  

  

  Sub-Family 
  EMBEBIZINJE. 
  

   Genus 
  EMBERIZA, 
  Linn. 
  

   [Emberiza 
  melanocephala, 
  Scopoli. 
  Black-headed 
  Bunting, 
  

  

  " 
  Rare, 
  but 
  has 
  been 
  killed 
  several 
  times 
  at 
  Brucklay 
  

   Castle, 
  Kinmundy, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Strathbeg." 
  

   (Horn's 
  Birds 
  of 
  Buchan, 
  p. 
  240.) 
  It 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  Horn 
  

   confounded 
  this 
  species 
  with 
  the 
  Reed 
  Bunting.] 
  

  

  Emberiza 
  miliaria, 
  Linn. 
  Corn 
  Bunting. 
  

  

  " 
  Frequent 
  in 
  open 
  fields." 
  (Adams.) 
  " 
  To 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  

   large 
  flocks 
  in 
  severe 
  winters." 
  (Horn.) 
  "Generally 
  distri- 
  

   buted 
  in 
  the 
  cultivated 
  tracts 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  and 
  generally 
  departs 
  

   in 
  autumn." 
  (MacGillivray.) 
  " 
  In 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  Scotland, 
  

   where 
  this 
  Bunting 
  cannot 
  be 
  called 
  an 
  abundant 
  species 
  in 
  

  

  