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  Zoologist 
  for 
  August, 
  1886, 
  the 
  nest 
  is 
  reported 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  

   found 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hinxman 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  June, 
  1893, 
  he 
  found 
  a 
  nest 
  

   containing 
  eggs 
  on 
  Ben 
  Avon. 
  In 
  Sutherlandshire 
  it 
  was 
  

   found 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Young 
  in 
  1888. 
  

  

  Along 
  the 
  flat 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  " 
  Dee," 
  the 
  

   Snowflake 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  large 
  flocks 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   winter 
  ; 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  observed 
  that 
  those 
  flocks 
  are 
  composed 
  

   of 
  what 
  would 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  immature 
  birds, 
  very 
  few 
  of 
  

   them 
  with 
  the 
  clean 
  white 
  secondaries 
  and 
  light 
  underparts 
  

   being 
  seen 
  among 
  them 
  ; 
  whereas 
  on 
  the 
  hill-tops 
  and 
  

   snow-clad 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  uplands, 
  nearly 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  each 
  flock 
  

   have 
  the 
  above-mentioned 
  parts 
  pure, 
  clean, 
  and 
  white 
  — 
  

   appearing 
  when 
  the 
  birds 
  take 
  wing 
  as 
  if 
  the 
  creatures 
  were 
  

   nearly 
  all 
  of 
  that 
  colour. 
  In 
  October 
  31st, 
  1891, 
  while 
  on 
  

   the 
  hills 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Glen 
  Tanner, 
  I 
  heard 
  the 
  cry 
  of 
  this 
  

   species 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  see 
  the 
  birds. 
  

  

  « 
  

  

  Genus 
  ZONOTRICHIA, 
  Swainsoh. 
  

   [Zonotrichia 
  albicollis, 
  Gem. 
  White-throated 
  Sparrow. 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  American 
  species 
  is 
  reported 
  in 
  the 
  

   Proc. 
  of 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  Society 
  of 
  Glasgow, 
  1870, 
  as 
  

   having 
  been 
  shot 
  on 
  Aberdeen 
  Links 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  A. 
  Mitchell, 
  

   on 
  August 
  17th, 
  1867.] 
  

  

  Section 
  OSCINES 
  CULTRIROSTRES. 
  

   Family 
  STURNIDiE. 
  

   Genus 
  STURNUS, 
  Linn. 
  

   Sturnus 
  vulgaris, 
  Linn. 
  Starling. 
  

  

  The 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  Starling 
  in 
  "Dee" 
  is 
  an 
  interesting 
  one, 
  

   and 
  much 
  has 
  been 
  written 
  for 
  and 
  against 
  its 
  appearance 
  

   there. 
  In 
  the 
  0. 
  S. 
  A., 
  vol. 
  ix., 
  p. 
  108, 
  the 
  Starling 
  is 
  claimed 
  

   as 
  a 
  resident, 
  an 
  evident 
  mistake. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  work, 
  vol. 
  xvi., 
  p. 
  634, 
  among 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  parish 
  

   of 
  Lonmay. 
  In 
  the 
  N. 
  S. 
  A. 
  it 
  is 
  included 
  among 
  the 
  birds 
  

   of 
  the 
  parishes 
  of 
  Peterhead, 
  Crimond, 
  Longside, 
  and 
  

   Methlick, 
  but 
  only 
  as 
  an 
  occasional 
  visitor. 
  Thus 
  the 
  

   matter 
  stood, 
  the 
  birds 
  only 
  appearing 
  as 
  migrants, 
  until 
  

  

  