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  THE 
  VEETEBEATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  " 
  DEE." 
  

  

  Genus 
  HARELDA, 
  Stephens. 
  

  

  Harelda 
  glacialis, 
  Linn. 
  Long-tailed 
  Duck. 
  " 
  Hareid 
  

   Duck." 
  "Northern 
  Hareid." 
  "Caloo 
  Duck." 
  "Coal- 
  

   and-Candle-light" 
  

  

  This 
  beautiful 
  bird 
  is 
  a 
  regular 
  winter 
  visitor, 
  frequenting 
  

   most 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  estuaries 
  and 
  fresh 
  water 
  lochs 
  along 
  our 
  

   line 
  of 
  coast, 
  and 
  occasionally 
  making 
  excursions 
  to 
  more 
  

   inland 
  waters. 
  It 
  is 
  frequently 
  seen 
  upon 
  the 
  lakes 
  around 
  

   Haddo 
  House, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  several 
  times 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  Don 
  at 
  

   Inverurie 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  T. 
  S. 
  Tait, 
  who 
  sent 
  specimens 
  to 
  me. 
  One 
  

   was 
  also 
  shot 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Milne, 
  jun., 
  on 
  the 
  Don 
  at 
  Kinaldie, 
  

   on 
  November, 
  1880, 
  and 
  another 
  was 
  seen 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Tait 
  on 
  the 
  

   Don 
  at 
  Inverurie, 
  in 
  November, 
  1887. 
  The 
  bird 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  

   observed 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  E. 
  Buckley 
  on 
  the 
  Ness, 
  near 
  the 
  

   islands 
  at 
  Inverness 
  ; 
  so 
  the 
  statement 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  does 
  

   not 
  go 
  inland 
  is 
  untenable. 
  

  

  Genus 
  SOMATERIA, 
  Bote. 
  

  

  Somateria 
  mollissima, 
  Linn. 
  Eider 
  Duck. 
  "St 
  Cuthbert's 
  

   Duck." 
  "Annet." 
  "Dunter 
  Duck." 
  

  

  Common, 
  especially 
  about 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Ythan, 
  where, 
  

   among 
  the 
  bent-covered 
  sand 
  dunes 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  that 
  

   stream, 
  it 
  breeds 
  abundantly. 
  It 
  also 
  breeds 
  upon 
  the 
  Links 
  

   of 
  Mennie, 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Ythan, 
  and 
  on 
  

   June 
  6th, 
  1891, 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Trail 
  found 
  a 
  nest 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  

   containing 
  six 
  eggs, 
  near 
  Garron 
  Point, 
  Kincardineshire. 
  

   When 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  nidification 
  is 
  past, 
  young 
  and 
  old 
  may 
  

   be 
  seen 
  feeding 
  in 
  the 
  Ythan 
  or 
  resting 
  upon 
  its 
  muddy 
  banks 
  ; 
  

   but 
  they 
  soon 
  take 
  to 
  sea 
  and 
  generally 
  remain 
  there 
  during 
  

   winter. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  known 
  to 
  visit 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  " 
  Dee," 
  except 
  

   that 
  it 
  is 
  " 
  sometimes 
  common 
  off 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Ugie, 
  

   and 
  a 
  few 
  breed 
  about 
  Longhaven." 
  (Serle.) 
  

  

  Genus 
  CEDEMIA, 
  Fleming. 
  

  

  CEdemia 
  nigra, 
  Linn. 
  Common 
  Scoter. 
  

  

  A 
  fairly 
  common 
  species 
  along 
  the 
  whole 
  coast 
  line 
  of 
  

   " 
  Dee," 
  where 
  it 
  confines 
  itself 
  to 
  sea, 
  rarely 
  coming 
  into 
  

  

  