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  THE 
  VERTEBKATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  " 
  DEE." 
  

  

  and 
  its 
  broad 
  mud 
  flats 
  ; 
  there 
  they 
  remain 
  until 
  their 
  

   plumage 
  is 
  sufficiently 
  developed 
  for 
  flight, 
  after 
  which 
  they 
  

   depart 
  with 
  their 
  parents 
  and 
  remain 
  mostly 
  at 
  sea 
  during 
  

   winter. 
  

  

  " 
  Sometimes 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  upon 
  the 
  Dee 
  during 
  severe 
  

   weather." 
  (Adams.) 
  " 
  This 
  pretty 
  bird 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  winter 
  

   visitor 
  with 
  us." 
  (Smiles's 
  Life 
  of 
  a 
  Scottish 
  Naturalist, 
  p. 
  412.) 
  

   In 
  the 
  0. 
  S. 
  A. 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  claimed 
  as 
  being 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   birds 
  common 
  to 
  the 
  parish 
  of 
  Birse, 
  an 
  evident 
  mistake, 
  for 
  

   there 
  are 
  few 
  places 
  less 
  suited 
  to 
  its 
  wants. 
  

  

  Tadorna 
  casarca, 
  Linn. 
  Ruddy 
  Sheldrake. 
  

  

  One 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Haddo 
  House 
  in 
  1893. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  

   Estates 
  Museum 
  there. 
  A 
  second 
  specimen 
  was 
  shot 
  about 
  

   the 
  same 
  time 
  and 
  place 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Wilson, 
  Methlick, 
  and 
  is 
  

   now 
  in 
  his 
  collection. 
  

  

  Genus 
  MARE 
  C 
  A, 
  Stephens. 
  

  

  Mareca 
  penelope, 
  Linn. 
  Wigeon. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  winter 
  ducks 
  we 
  have, 
  

   and 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  estuaries 
  of 
  all 
  our 
  streams, 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  in 
  the 
  inland 
  lochs. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  known 
  to 
  breed 
  within 
  

   " 
  Dee." 
  

  

  Genus 
  DAFILA, 
  Stephens. 
  

   Dafila 
  acuta, 
  Linn. 
  Pintail. 
  

  

  Rare. 
  " 
  One 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  A. 
  Mitchell 
  at 
  Aberdeen." 
  

   (Taylor's 
  MS.) 
  Occasionally 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  lakes 
  at 
  Haddo 
  

   House, 
  as 
  I 
  am 
  informed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Wilson, 
  in 
  whose 
  posses- 
  

   sion 
  is 
  one 
  he 
  obtained 
  there. 
  

  

  An 
  immature 
  male 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Findlay, 
  gamekeeper 
  

   to 
  Lord 
  Carnegie, 
  Crimonmogate, 
  September, 
  1896, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  

   in 
  his 
  lordship's 
  possession. 
  A 
  male 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Tait, 
  

   Inverurie, 
  at 
  Uppermill, 
  Kintore, 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  week 
  of 
  

   August, 
  1899. 
  On 
  December 
  20th, 
  1899, 
  another 
  — 
  an 
  im- 
  

   mature 
  male 
  — 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M'Lean 
  of 
  Littlewood 
  on 
  the 
  

   Don. 
  All 
  three 
  passed 
  through 
  my 
  hands. 
  

  

  