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  THE 
  VE 
  ETE 
  BE 
  ATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  female 
  specimen 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Fraserburgh 
  on 
  27th 
  

   October, 
  1853, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Gatherer 
  of 
  H.M. 
  Customs 
  there." 
  

   (Edward.) 
  The 
  bird 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  its 
  captor 
  to 
  Edward. 
  

  

  " 
  On 
  the 
  15th 
  and 
  18th 
  of 
  September, 
  1870, 
  two 
  were 
  shot 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Mitchell 
  on 
  Old 
  Aberdeen 
  Links." 
  (Taylor's 
  MS.) 
  

  

  Phalaropus 
  fulicarius, 
  Linn. 
  Grey 
  Phalarope. 
  

  

  On 
  November 
  1st, 
  1866, 
  one 
  was 
  killed 
  in 
  the 
  Tile 
  Burn, 
  

   near 
  Don-mouth, 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Mitchell. 
  

  

  " 
  During 
  the 
  gales 
  of 
  23rd 
  and 
  24th 
  December, 
  1876, 
  one 
  

   was 
  killed 
  on 
  the 
  Oldtown 
  Links, 
  Aberdeen." 
  (Taylor's 
  MS.) 
  

   There 
  was 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Mitchell, 
  

   and 
  was 
  seen 
  while 
  in 
  his 
  hands 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  M'Pherson, 
  as 
  he 
  

   has 
  it 
  recorded 
  in 
  his 
  MS. 
  Natural 
  History 
  Journal. 
  

  

  Edward 
  includes 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  his 
  Birds 
  of 
  Strathbeg. 
  

  

  Genus 
  SCOLOPAX, 
  Brisson. 
  

  

  Scolopax 
  rusticula, 
  Linn. 
  Woodcock 
  

  

  A 
  common 
  species 
  throughout 
  our 
  district, 
  where 
  it 
  

   breeds 
  in 
  considerable 
  and 
  increasing 
  numbers. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  

   admitted, 
  although 
  long 
  looked 
  upon 
  as 
  mythical, 
  that 
  the 
  

   Woodcock 
  can, 
  and 
  does, 
  carry 
  its 
  young 
  from 
  place 
  to 
  place 
  

   by 
  its 
  feet. 
  

  

  Of 
  course 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  those 
  resident, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  

   influx 
  each 
  autumn 
  ; 
  consequently 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  much 
  larger 
  

   number 
  throughout 
  the 
  winter 
  than 
  at 
  any 
  other 
  season 
  of 
  

   the 
  year. 
  

  

  Genus 
  GALLINAGO, 
  Leach. 
  

  

  Gallinago 
  major, 
  Gmelin. 
  Great 
  Snipe. 
  

  

  An 
  occasional 
  visitor 
  to 
  "Dee." 
  Edward 
  mentions 
  "one 
  

   having 
  been 
  sent 
  from 
  Strathbeg 
  along 
  with 
  some 
  other 
  birds," 
  

   to 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Mr. 
  Smith, 
  rector 
  of 
  Banff 
  Academy, 
  about 
  1839 
  

   or 
  1840. 
  

  

  " 
  One 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Duncan, 
  at 
  Aberdour, 
  on 
  the 
  estate 
  

   of 
  Brucklay." 
  (Horn.) 
  

  

  One 
  was 
  obtained 
  on 
  the 
  estate 
  of 
  Durris, 
  in 
  October, 
  1871, 
  

   by 
  the 
  late 
  Major 
  Keen, 
  who 
  sent 
  it 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  