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  THE 
  VEETEBEATB 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  " 
  DEE.' 
  

  

  so 
  small 
  that 
  only 
  keen 
  eyes 
  such 
  as 
  theirs 
  could 
  see. 
  When 
  

   the 
  breeding 
  season 
  is 
  over, 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  able 
  to 
  take 
  care 
  

   of 
  themselves, 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  leave 
  the 
  lochs 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  and 
  

   take 
  to 
  the 
  sea, 
  estuaries, 
  and 
  rivers, 
  where 
  they 
  remain 
  

   during 
  winter. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  observed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Muirhead 
  on 
  

   the 
  lakes 
  at 
  Haddo 
  House, 
  and 
  was 
  known 
  by 
  him 
  to 
  have 
  

   bred 
  there 
  in 
  1894 
  and 
  1895, 
  as 
  recorded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Harvie-Brown 
  

   in 
  the 
  Annals 
  of 
  Scottish 
  Natural 
  History 
  for 
  January, 
  1896, 
  

   p. 
  18. 
  " 
  A 
  pair 
  built 
  their 
  nest 
  by 
  the 
  pond 
  at 
  Pitfour 
  in 
  1897, 
  

   and 
  a 
  male 
  was 
  killed 
  there 
  in 
  1898." 
  (J. 
  Mutch.) 
  They 
  also 
  

   bred 
  at 
  the 
  Corby 
  Loch, 
  near 
  Aberdeen, 
  in 
  1897 
  and 
  1898 
  ; 
  

   the 
  nest 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  both 
  seasons 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Alex. 
  Kelly, 
  

   Aberdeen, 
  and 
  the 
  birds 
  were 
  seen 
  there 
  by 
  Mr. 
  James 
  

   Simpson, 
  also 
  of 
  Aberdeen. 
  

  

  Fuligula 
  marila, 
  Linn. 
  Scaup. 
  

  

  A 
  common 
  winter 
  visitor, 
  some 
  seasons 
  appearing 
  in 
  large 
  

   numbers 
  ; 
  none, 
  however, 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  remain 
  through 
  the 
  

   summer. 
  

  

  Fuligula 
  ferina, 
  Linn. 
  Pochard. 
  "Red-headed 
  

   Pochard." 
  " 
  Dun-bird." 
  

  

  An 
  abundant 
  species, 
  arriving 
  early 
  in 
  autumn 
  and 
  re- 
  

   maining 
  during 
  winter. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  it 
  in 
  hundreds 
  in 
  the 
  

   Lochs 
  of 
  Skene 
  and 
  Strathbeg, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  known 
  ever 
  to 
  

   have 
  bred 
  within 
  " 
  Dee." 
  

  

  Genus 
  NYROCA, 
  Fleming. 
  

   [Nyroca 
  ferruginea, 
  Gmelln. 
  White-eyed 
  Duck. 
  

  

  With 
  his 
  usual 
  ambiguity, 
  Edward 
  says 
  this 
  species 
  has 
  

   "occurred" 
  at 
  the 
  Loch 
  of 
  Strathbeg 
  — 
  {Naturalist, 
  vol. 
  iv., 
  

   p. 
  242). 
  ] 
  

  

  Genus 
  CLANGULA, 
  Bote. 
  

   Clangula 
  glaucion, 
  Linn. 
  Goldeneye. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  our 
  most 
  common 
  winter 
  ducks, 
  frequenting 
  lochs, 
  

   rivers, 
  and 
  estuaries 
  in 
  great 
  numbers. 
  

  

  