﻿BIEDS. 
  

  

  143 
  

  

  previously 
  small 
  flocks 
  of 
  Geese 
  had 
  been 
  observed 
  passing 
  

   Aberdeen 
  to 
  the 
  northward. 
  As 
  those 
  obtained 
  formed 
  part 
  

   of 
  several 
  hundreds 
  that 
  haunted 
  a 
  particular 
  field 
  at 
  Udny 
  

   for 
  some 
  days, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  inferred 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  all 
  of 
  one 
  

   species. 
  The 
  male 
  above 
  alluded 
  to 
  is 
  now 
  at 
  Udny 
  Castle. 
  

  

  Anser 
  albifrons, 
  Scopoll 
  White-fronted 
  Goose. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  a 
  common 
  species 
  in 
  " 
  Dee." 
  Edward 
  

   records 
  it 
  from 
  Strathbeg, 
  and, 
  during 
  the 
  autumnal 
  migration, 
  

   it 
  has 
  on 
  several 
  occasions 
  come 
  into 
  my 
  hands. 
  

  

  Genus 
  BERNICLA, 
  Bote. 
  

   Bernicla 
  brenta, 
  Pallas. 
  Brent 
  Goose. 
  

  

  Occasionally 
  obtained 
  throughout 
  " 
  Dee," 
  but 
  is 
  not 
  

   common. 
  On 
  January 
  21st, 
  1892, 
  an 
  immature 
  bird 
  was 
  

   caught 
  on 
  Aberdeen 
  Beach, 
  and 
  brought 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  Edward, 
  in 
  his 
  " 
  Birds 
  of 
  Strathbeg," 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  This 
  is, 
  I 
  

   believe, 
  the 
  most 
  abundant 
  of 
  all 
  this 
  genus 
  which 
  visit 
  

   the 
  Loch."(?) 
  

  

  Bernicla 
  leucopsis, 
  Bechstein. 
  Barnacle 
  Goose. 
  

  

  This 
  graceful 
  bird 
  occurs 
  pretty 
  frequently 
  throughout 
  

   " 
  Dee," 
  especially 
  along 
  the 
  coast. 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  them 
  on 
  

   several 
  occasions 
  from 
  the 
  river 
  Don, 
  always 
  in 
  autumn, 
  and 
  

   invariably 
  killed 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  They 
  are 
  also 
  

   occasionally 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  our 
  gamedealers' 
  shops. 
  Edward 
  

   records 
  it 
  from 
  Strathbeg. 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  Scotland, 
  I 
  have 
  

   seen 
  a 
  few 
  individuals 
  shot 
  at 
  Peterhead 
  and 
  Aberdeen." 
  

   (MacGillivray.) 
  

  

  Bernicla 
  canadensis, 
  Linn. 
  Canada 
  Goose. 
  

  

  On 
  August 
  24th, 
  1883, 
  two 
  were 
  shot 
  from 
  a 
  flock 
  of 
  seven, 
  

   near 
  the 
  Loch 
  of 
  Strathbeg, 
  by 
  James 
  H. 
  Crichton, 
  Esq. 
  of 
  

   Inverugie, 
  and 
  sent 
  to 
  me. 
  Edward 
  records, 
  in 
  the 
  paper 
  

   already 
  frequently 
  quoted, 
  what 
  was 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  Canada 
  

   Goose 
  having 
  been 
  killed 
  at 
  Strathbeg 
  "in 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1819." 
  

  

  K 
  2 
  

  

  