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  The 
  late 
  A. 
  Mitchell 
  informed 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  shot 
  a 
  

   Spoonbill 
  upon 
  Aberdeen 
  Links, 
  but 
  he 
  could 
  not 
  give 
  the 
  

   precise 
  year. 
  

  

  Genus 
  PLEGADIS, 
  Kaup. 
  

  

  Plegadis 
  falcinellus, 
  Linn. 
  Glossy 
  Ibis. 
  

  

  " 
  About 
  fifteen 
  years 
  ago 
  one 
  was 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  moors 
  of 
  

   Crathes." 
  (Adams.) 
  This 
  would 
  place 
  the 
  occurrence 
  about 
  

   1844. 
  Thus 
  the 
  matter 
  stood 
  until 
  1880, 
  when, 
  on 
  the 
  4th 
  

   of 
  October, 
  a 
  male 
  in 
  fine 
  condition 
  was 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  mud 
  flats 
  

   at 
  Ythan-mouth 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Moir 
  of 
  Tarty, 
  in 
  whose 
  possession 
  it 
  

   still 
  is. 
  On 
  October 
  22nd, 
  1902, 
  one 
  was 
  reported 
  in 
  the 
  

   Aberdeen 
  Weekly 
  Journal 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  shot 
  at 
  the 
  Loch 
  of 
  

   Strathbeg 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Fraser, 
  gamekeeper, 
  Cairness, 
  who 
  sent 
  it 
  

   to 
  Mr. 
  Watters, 
  Aboyne, 
  for 
  preservation. 
  

  

  Order 
  AN 
  SERES. 
  

  

  Family 
  ANATIDiE. 
  

  

  Genus 
  CHENALOPEX, 
  Stephens. 
  

  

  Chenalopex 
  aegyptiacus, 
  Linn. 
  Egyptian 
  Goose. 
  

  

  A 
  female 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Garvock, 
  Laurencekirk, 
  on 
  December 
  

   14th, 
  1893. 
  It 
  was 
  in 
  fine 
  condition, 
  and 
  had 
  no 
  marks 
  of 
  

   having 
  been 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  in 
  confinement 
  ; 
  still, 
  as 
  this 
  species 
  

   is 
  often 
  kept 
  in 
  ornamental 
  waters, 
  there 
  is 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  

   the 
  specimen 
  here 
  referred 
  to 
  having 
  wandered 
  from 
  some 
  

   private 
  reserve. 
  Edward, 
  in 
  his 
  " 
  Birds 
  of 
  Strathbeg," 
  

   Naturalist, 
  vol. 
  iv., 
  p. 
  241, 
  mentions 
  a 
  bird 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  

   as 
  having 
  taken 
  up 
  its 
  abode 
  in 
  the 
  pond 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  

   Rev. 
  Mr. 
  Boyd 
  of 
  Crimond, 
  in 
  1853, 
  and 
  continuing 
  there 
  

   for 
  about 
  two 
  months. 
  

  

  Genus 
  ANSER, 
  Brisson. 
  

  

  Anser 
  cinereus, 
  Meyer. 
  Gray 
  Lag 
  Goose. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  much 
  uncertainty 
  regarding 
  this 
  species, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   to 
  be 
  feared 
  that 
  when 
  the 
  Gray 
  Lag 
  is 
  spoken 
  of, 
  it 
  is 
  really 
  

  

  K 
  

  

  