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  THE 
  VEETEBEATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  Sub-Family 
  IYNGIN^. 
  

  

  Genus 
  IYNX, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  lynx 
  torquilla, 
  Linn. 
  Wryneck. 
  

  

  Rare 
  ; 
  has 
  been 
  observed 
  several 
  seasons 
  in 
  succession 
  

   at 
  Aboyne 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Walters, 
  naturalist, 
  and 
  at 
  least 
  once 
  

   killed 
  there 
  by 
  him. 
  Gray 
  reports 
  one 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  killed 
  

   near 
  Birse, 
  in 
  July, 
  1864. 
  {Birds 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  of 
  Scotland, 
  

   p. 
  193.) 
  Mr. 
  Wilson, 
  Methlick, 
  reports 
  the 
  birds 
  having 
  

   been 
  " 
  observed 
  " 
  at 
  the 
  Braes 
  of 
  Gight. 
  

  

  Sub-Order 
  ANISODACTYLAE. 
  

  

  Family 
  ALCEDINIDAE. 
  

  

  Genus 
  ALCEDO, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Alcedo 
  ispida, 
  Linn. 
  Kingfisher. 
  

  

  An 
  irregular 
  visitor 
  and 
  not 
  known 
  to 
  breed 
  until 
  1901, 
  

   although 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  observed 
  at 
  times 
  when 
  their 
  nesting 
  

   might 
  have 
  been 
  expected. 
  From 
  1863 
  to 
  1890, 
  fourteen 
  

   specimens 
  have 
  come 
  under 
  my 
  notice, 
  and 
  these 
  have 
  been 
  

   obtained 
  in 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  " 
  Dee," 
  from 
  the 
  sea 
  coast 
  to 
  

   Braemar. 
  

  

  J. 
  Wilson, 
  in 
  his 
  MS., 
  says: 
  "Very 
  rare; 
  I 
  saw 
  two 
  indi- 
  

   viduals, 
  one 
  in 
  September, 
  1850, 
  and 
  another 
  in 
  September, 
  

   1858." 
  A 
  female 
  was 
  shot 
  near 
  the 
  Bridge 
  of 
  Dee 
  at 
  

   Aberdeen, 
  January 
  29th, 
  1897, 
  by 
  Master 
  A. 
  Hall 
  who 
  brought 
  

   it 
  to 
  me, 
  and 
  one 
  which 
  also 
  passed 
  through 
  my 
  hands 
  was 
  

   shot 
  at 
  Durris, 
  July 
  22nd, 
  1897. 
  One 
  was 
  seen 
  during 
  the 
  

   month 
  of 
  March, 
  1898, 
  at 
  Druminnor, 
  by 
  P. 
  A. 
  H. 
  Grant, 
  Esq., 
  

   the 
  proprietor, 
  who 
  notified 
  me 
  of 
  the 
  fact, 
  and 
  in 
  November, 
  

   1898, 
  one 
  was 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  Don 
  by 
  the 
  Messrs. 
  Tait, 
  Inverurie. 
  

   Another 
  was 
  killed 
  at 
  Culter, 
  on 
  the 
  Dee, 
  December, 
  1898 
  ; 
  

   and 
  in 
  January, 
  1899, 
  the 
  Messrs. 
  Tait 
  again 
  saw 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  

   Don 
  at 
  Inverurie. 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  Rainnie, 
  Tertowie, 
  saw 
  one 
  there 
  

   on 
  February 
  16th, 
  1899. 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Mutch, 
  late 
  head 
  gamekeeper 
  

   at 
  Pitfour, 
  has 
  since 
  informed 
  me 
  that 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  Kingfishers 
  

   built 
  their 
  nest 
  and 
  brought 
  out 
  their 
  young 
  beside 
  his 
  house, 
  

   at 
  Stuartfield, 
  in 
  1901. 
  

  

  