﻿BIKDS. 
  

  

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  " 
  One 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Lumphanan 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  week 
  of 
  June, 
  

   1893." 
  (Note 
  from 
  Mr. 
  McBoyle, 
  Peterhead.) 
  

  

  Strix 
  aluco, 
  Linn. 
  Tawny 
  Owl. 
  

  

  This, 
  like 
  the 
  long-eared 
  species, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  resident 
  and 
  

   most 
  abundant 
  Owls. 
  Indeed, 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  say 
  which 
  of 
  

   these 
  two 
  are 
  the 
  more 
  numerous. 
  The 
  food 
  of 
  both 
  is 
  alike, 
  

   and 
  the 
  observations 
  made 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  usage 
  to 
  which 
  

   the 
  Long-eared 
  Owl 
  is 
  subjected 
  are 
  equally 
  applicable 
  to 
  this 
  

   species. 
  

  

  Strix 
  scandiaca, 
  Linn. 
  Snowy 
  Owl. 
  

  

  A 
  rare 
  and 
  accidental 
  visitant 
  to 
  " 
  Dee." 
  Horn, 
  in 
  his 
  

   Birds 
  of 
  Buchan, 
  p. 
  243, 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  noble 
  bird 
  

   was 
  picked 
  up 
  dead 
  upon 
  the 
  Loch 
  of 
  Strathbeg 
  about 
  1824," 
  

   but 
  gives 
  no 
  indication 
  as 
  to 
  where 
  he 
  obtained 
  his 
  infor- 
  

   mation, 
  who 
  found 
  the 
  bird, 
  or 
  what 
  became 
  of 
  it. 
  A 
  

   specimen, 
  which 
  measured 
  six 
  feet 
  in 
  extent 
  of 
  wings, 
  was 
  

   shot 
  in 
  Glennochty, 
  in 
  1851, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Lawson, 
  now 
  of 
  

   Huntly. 
  In 
  the 
  year 
  1864 
  one 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Rora, 
  parish 
  of 
  

   Longside, 
  and 
  was 
  bought 
  from 
  its 
  captor 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Baxter, 
  

   police 
  constable, 
  Strichen, 
  who 
  preserved 
  it, 
  and 
  ultimately 
  

   gave 
  it 
  to 
  a 
  friend 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood, 
  who, 
  in 
  turn, 
  gave 
  

   it 
  to 
  an 
  English 
  gentleman, 
  who 
  took 
  it 
  to 
  London. 
  One 
  

   was 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  estate 
  of 
  Glenbervie, 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  

   late 
  J. 
  Badenoch 
  Nicholson, 
  Esq., 
  and 
  is 
  still 
  in 
  Glenbervie 
  

   House. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  splendid 
  adult 
  specimen, 
  and 
  evidently 
  a 
  

   female. 
  In 
  November, 
  1867, 
  one 
  was 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  Hill 
  of 
  

   Cruden 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  Dawson, 
  schoolmaster 
  there, 
  who 
  

   informed 
  me 
  of 
  the 
  occurrence 
  at 
  the 
  time. 
  

  

  Strix 
  tengmalmi, 
  Gmdin. 
  Tengmalm's 
  Owl. 
  

  

  Only 
  a 
  single 
  instance 
  of 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  

   is 
  recorded 
  for 
  "Dee," 
  a 
  specimen 
  having 
  been 
  killed 
  near 
  

   Peterhead 
  on 
  3rd 
  February, 
  1886, 
  and 
  reported 
  in 
  the 
  Scottish 
  

   Naturalist, 
  vol. 
  viii., 
  p. 
  308, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Sim, 
  Fyvie. 
  

  

  Strix 
  scops, 
  Linn. 
  Scops 
  Owl. 
  

  

  A 
  fine 
  female 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  rare 
  little 
  Owl 
  was 
  picked 
  

   up 
  dead, 
  but 
  in 
  a 
  perfectly 
  fresh 
  condition, 
  near 
  Kintore, 
  on 
  

  

  