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  THE 
  VERTEBEATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  Milvus 
  migrans, 
  Boddaert. 
  Black 
  Kite. 
  

  

  One 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Jackson, 
  Cornhill, 
  within 
  Aberdeen 
  

   city 
  boundary, 
  on 
  April 
  18th, 
  1901, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  that 
  gentle- 
  

   man's 
  possession. 
  

  

  Genus 
  PERNIS, 
  Cuvier. 
  

  

  Pernis 
  apivorus, 
  Linn. 
  Honey-Buzzard. 
  " 
  Bee-Hawk." 
  

  

  "The 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Brown 
  informs 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  once 
  found 
  a 
  

   nest 
  of 
  the 
  Honey-Buzzard 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  of 
  Abergeldie. 
  It 
  

   was 
  built 
  on 
  a 
  tree 
  and 
  resembled 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Common 
  

   Buzzard. 
  There 
  were 
  three 
  eggs 
  of 
  a 
  whitish 
  colour, 
  spotted 
  

  

  with 
  light 
  and 
  dark 
  brown. 
  The 
  male 
  was 
  shot 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  aware 
  of 
  two 
  having 
  been 
  shot 
  near 
  Aberdeen." 
  (Mac- 
  

   Gillivray.) 
  " 
  One 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hyatt 
  in 
  the 
  pleasure- 
  

   grounds 
  of 
  Crimonmogate 
  in 
  September, 
  1864." 
  (Horn.) 
  

   One 
  was 
  shot 
  on 
  Deeside 
  and 
  sent 
  for 
  preservation 
  to 
  the 
  late 
  

   A. 
  Mitchell, 
  Aberdeen, 
  September, 
  1865— 
  {Free 
  Press, 
  January 
  

   8th, 
  1867). 
  

  

  At 
  Ballogie, 
  in 
  1867, 
  a 
  male 
  and 
  female 
  were 
  killed 
  at 
  their 
  

   nest, 
  which 
  contained 
  two 
  eggs. 
  These 
  eggs 
  were 
  broken 
  by 
  

   the 
  person 
  who 
  took 
  them 
  while 
  he 
  was 
  carrying 
  them 
  home, 
  

   and 
  were 
  cast 
  away. 
  The 
  birds 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  me. 
  Their 
  

   stomachs 
  contained 
  wasps 
  and 
  their 
  larvae, 
  as 
  also 
  portions 
  of 
  

   the 
  combs 
  of 
  the 
  "wasps' 
  nests." 
  

  

  In 
  1868, 
  another 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  was 
  shot 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   wood. 
  In 
  the 
  latter 
  end 
  of 
  July, 
  1869, 
  " 
  one 
  was 
  seen 
  every 
  

   day 
  for 
  a 
  fortnight" 
  by 
  George 
  Sim, 
  Fyvie, 
  and 
  again, 
  in 
  

   1874, 
  the 
  same 
  gentleman 
  reports, 
  in 
  the 
  Scottish 
  Naturalist, 
  

   vol. 
  ii., 
  p. 
  277, 
  that 
  " 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  rare 
  Falcon 
  was 
  

   frequently 
  seen 
  in 
  this 
  locality 
  in 
  February 
  last." 
  

  

  In 
  1875, 
  one 
  was 
  killed 
  at 
  Culter 
  House 
  by 
  Mr. 
  James 
  

   Mutch, 
  keeper. 
  This 
  was 
  a 
  young 
  very 
  dark 
  coloured 
  bird, 
  

   and 
  is 
  still 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Mutch's 
  possession. 
  On 
  September 
  24th, 
  

   1890, 
  a 
  female 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Crimonmogate. 
  The 
  stomach 
  

   contained 
  dragon-flies, 
  bees, 
  and 
  beetles 
  ; 
  and 
  one 
  was 
  

   trapped 
  at 
  Pitfour, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  seen 
  tearing 
  up 
  a 
  bees' 
  nest, 
  

   in 
  1892. 
  On 
  July 
  3rd, 
  1893, 
  a 
  male 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Haddo 
  

   House. 
  Its 
  stomach 
  contained 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  wasps. 
  On 
  

   September 
  21st, 
  1896, 
  one 
  was 
  killed 
  at 
  Durris, 
  and 
  another 
  

  

  