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  THE 
  VEETEBEATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  Duncan, 
  in 
  1848" 
  (Gray); 
  and 
  in 
  1852, 
  two 
  were 
  killed 
  at 
  

   Kintore 
  and 
  sent 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Henderson 
  for 
  preservation. 
  In 
  the 
  

   same 
  year 
  one 
  was 
  seen 
  at 
  Haddo 
  House. 
  One 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  

   Nether 
  Banchory 
  by 
  G. 
  Leith, 
  gamekeeper, 
  in 
  1856. 
  One 
  was 
  

   killed 
  near 
  Girdleness 
  Lighthouse, 
  April 
  23rd, 
  1868, 
  and 
  sent 
  

   to 
  me, 
  and 
  one 
  was 
  obtained 
  by 
  the 
  gamekeeper 
  at 
  Tillery, 
  

   April 
  25th, 
  1868. 
  On 
  September 
  29th, 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  year, 
  

   another 
  at 
  Muiresk, 
  near 
  Turriff. 
  One 
  was 
  shot 
  in 
  the 
  parish 
  

   of 
  Cruden, 
  August 
  16th, 
  1886 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  1887, 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  parish 
  

   of 
  Fyvie. 
  On 
  October 
  11th, 
  1888, 
  a 
  bird 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  

   found 
  dead 
  at 
  Blairs, 
  Deeside. 
  On 
  August 
  26th, 
  1891, 
  one 
  

   was 
  shot 
  in 
  the 
  parish 
  of 
  Fyvie, 
  and 
  preserved 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  

   Sim, 
  Gourdas. 
  

  

  On 
  September 
  7th, 
  1891, 
  one 
  was 
  seen 
  by 
  Miss 
  D. 
  

   Hamilton 
  at 
  Skene 
  House, 
  where 
  it 
  remained 
  for 
  a 
  week, 
  

   " 
  hopping 
  about 
  the 
  shrubberies, 
  and 
  was 
  not 
  shy." 
  On 
  May 
  

   19th, 
  1893, 
  one 
  was 
  seen 
  at 
  Gourdas, 
  Fyvie, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  

   Sim. 
  On 
  September 
  13th, 
  1893, 
  one 
  was 
  killed 
  at 
  the 
  farm 
  

   of 
  Nittinshead, 
  Bonnykelly, 
  near 
  New 
  Pitsligo. 
  On 
  October 
  

   12th, 
  1894, 
  an 
  immature 
  one 
  was 
  shot 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  

   Don 
  and 
  brought 
  to 
  me 
  for 
  identification. 
  On 
  September 
  

   25th, 
  1895, 
  an 
  immature 
  bird 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Murray, 
  

   Newlands, 
  near 
  Aberdeen. 
  Its 
  stomach 
  contained 
  a 
  number 
  

   of 
  large 
  white 
  caterpillars. 
  On 
  August 
  22nd, 
  1896, 
  one 
  was 
  

   killed 
  near 
  Rhynie 
  ; 
  and 
  on 
  September 
  7th 
  following, 
  another 
  

   near 
  the 
  same 
  place. 
  Both 
  were 
  preserved 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  

   Sim, 
  Fyvie. 
  In 
  October, 
  1898, 
  one 
  was 
  killed 
  at 
  Ardo, 
  

   Banchory-Devenick. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  foregoing, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  has 
  

   been 
  observed 
  in 
  various 
  months 
  over 
  a 
  considerable 
  portion 
  

   of 
  the 
  year. 
  Its 
  food, 
  while 
  with 
  us, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  seen, 
  

   is 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  caterpillars, 
  beetles, 
  worms, 
  flies, 
  and 
  earwigs. 
  

  

  Sub-Order 
  COCCYGES. 
  

  

  Family 
  CUCULID.E. 
  

  

  Genus 
  CUCULUS, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Cuculus 
  canorus, 
  Linn. 
  Cuckoo. 
  " 
  Gowk." 
  

  

  The 
  pleasant 
  cry 
  of 
  this 
  summer 
  visitor 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  heard 
  in 
  

   every 
  quarter 
  throughout 
  "Dee;" 
  yet 
  how 
  few 
  there 
  are 
  who 
  

  

  