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  THE 
  VERTEBKATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  a 
  female 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  weak 
  condition, 
  and 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  vomited 
  

   a 
  frog 
  when 
  caught. 
  The 
  bird 
  was 
  preserved 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M'Boyle, 
  

   Peterhead, 
  from 
  whom 
  I 
  received 
  my 
  information. 
  On 
  

   September 
  3rd, 
  1889, 
  an 
  immature 
  female 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  the 
  

   Loch 
  of 
  Strathbeg, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Gordon 
  

   of 
  Cairness. 
  Its 
  weight 
  "was 
  2 
  lbs. 
  4f 
  ounces, 
  and 
  its 
  stomach 
  

   contained 
  the 
  vertebrae 
  of 
  a 
  fish 
  and 
  several 
  balls 
  of 
  hair. 
  

   One 
  was 
  shot 
  near 
  New 
  Deer 
  in 
  1896, 
  as 
  I 
  am 
  informed 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  J. 
  Campbell, 
  Bonnykelly 
  Lodge. 
  Another 
  was 
  caught 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Alexander 
  Gordon, 
  Waulkmill, 
  Cuminestown, 
  who 
  sent 
  it 
  

   for 
  preservation 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Lemon, 
  Banff. 
  One 
  was 
  killed 
  on 
  

   Scotston 
  Moor 
  in 
  1899, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  Aberdeen 
  University 
  

   Museum. 
  

  

  [Botaurus 
  lentiginosus, 
  Montague. 
  The 
  American 
  Bittern. 
  

  

  "A 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  Col. 
  William 
  

   Fraser 
  in 
  November, 
  1854, 
  near 
  the 
  Toll-bar 
  at 
  the 
  Bridge 
  

   of 
  Don." 
  (Gray.)] 
  

  

  Family 
  CICONIIDAB. 
  

   Genus 
  CICONIA, 
  Brisson. 
  

   Ciconia 
  alba, 
  Bechstein. 
  White 
  Stork. 
  

  

  "The 
  Rev. 
  Mr. 
  Smith, 
  Monquhitter, 
  informs 
  me 
  that 
  during 
  

   the 
  unusually 
  severe 
  winter 
  of 
  1837-38, 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  

   rare 
  bird 
  was 
  shot 
  in 
  a 
  moss 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  parish 
  

   of 
  Lonmay. 
  It 
  was 
  nailed 
  to 
  a 
  barn-door 
  where 
  it 
  speedily 
  

   went 
  to 
  decay. 
  The 
  people 
  who 
  obtained 
  it 
  compared 
  its 
  

   red 
  legs 
  to 
  Turkey 
  leather." 
  (MacGillivray.) 
  

  

  Family 
  PLATALEIDiE. 
  

   Genus 
  PLATALEA, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Platalea 
  leucorodia, 
  Linn. 
  Spoonbill. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  notice 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  having 
  occurred 
  in 
  " 
  Dee," 
  

   and 
  that 
  a 
  very 
  feeble 
  one, 
  is 
  a 
  statement 
  by 
  T. 
  Edward 
  in 
  

   the 
  Naturalist, 
  vol., 
  iv., 
  p. 
  243, 
  wherein 
  he 
  says 
  : 
  "Has 
  twice 
  or 
  

   thrice 
  been 
  observed 
  ; 
  " 
  but 
  gives 
  no 
  information 
  who 
  the 
  

   observer 
  was 
  nor 
  how 
  he 
  (Edward) 
  came 
  by 
  the 
  information. 
  

  

  