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  THE 
  VERTEBRATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  " 
  DEE." 
  

  

  mountain 
  tarns, 
  to 
  find 
  no 
  sign 
  of 
  life 
  around 
  its 
  solitary 
  

   shores 
  except 
  the 
  " 
  Kitty 
  Needy," 
  which 
  would 
  skim 
  along 
  

   near 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  glassy 
  pool, 
  uttering 
  its 
  cry 
  the 
  while. 
  

   I 
  have 
  found 
  its 
  nest 
  amongst 
  tufts 
  of 
  grass, 
  heath, 
  and 
  whin 
  

   bushes. 
  

  

  [Tringoides 
  macularius, 
  Harting. 
  Spotted 
  Sandpiper. 
  

  

  Two 
  specimens 
  are 
  recorded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Gray, 
  his 
  informant 
  

   being 
  Mr. 
  Angus, 
  Aberdeen, 
  who 
  states 
  that 
  "two 
  specimens 
  

   — 
  a 
  male 
  and 
  a 
  female 
  — 
  were 
  left 
  at 
  the 
  Aberdeen 
  Museum 
  in 
  

   August, 
  1867, 
  in 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Mitchell, 
  who, 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  

   present 
  moment, 
  does 
  not 
  know 
  by 
  whom 
  the 
  birds 
  were 
  

   presented, 
  or 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  shot." 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  sent 
  me 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Sim, 
  

   Fyvie, 
  who 
  states 
  that 
  he 
  shot 
  it 
  beside 
  a 
  disused 
  mill-dam 
  on 
  

   August 
  23rd, 
  1872.] 
  

  

  Genus 
  HELODROMAS, 
  Kaup. 
  

   Helodromas 
  ochropus, 
  Linn. 
  Green 
  Sandpiper. 
  

  

  " 
  On 
  17th 
  September, 
  1867, 
  a 
  specimen 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  a 
  lad 
  

   on 
  Old 
  Aberdeen 
  Links, 
  and 
  sold 
  to 
  the 
  late 
  A. 
  Mitchell, 
  

   Aberdeen. 
  A 
  male 
  and 
  female 
  were 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  

   hill 
  - 
  burn 
  in 
  June, 
  1865, 
  and 
  were 
  preserved 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  

   Beveridge, 
  Craigh, 
  parish 
  of 
  Tough." 
  (Taylor's 
  MS.) 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  alleged 
  that 
  the 
  Green 
  Sandpiper 
  breeds 
  in 
  

   Aberdeenshire 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  statement 
  stands 
  much 
  in 
  need 
  of 
  

   confirmation. 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  

   Wilson, 
  Methlick, 
  who 
  says, 
  in 
  a 
  letter 
  to 
  me, 
  that 
  "the 
  Green 
  

   Sandpiper 
  was 
  killed 
  on 
  the 
  lands 
  of 
  Gight 
  nearly 
  thirty 
  years 
  

   ago." 
  That 
  brings 
  the 
  time 
  to 
  about 
  1865. 
  

  

  "A 
  pair 
  shot 
  at 
  Gourdas 
  in 
  August, 
  1876." 
  (Serle.) 
  

  

  Genus 
  TOTANUS, 
  Bechstein. 
  

  

  Totanus 
  glareola, 
  Gmelin. 
  Wood 
  Sandpiper. 
  

  

  One 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  me 
  at 
  the 
  Loch 
  of 
  Strathbeg, 
  May 
  8th, 
  

   1868, 
  and 
  is 
  still 
  in 
  my 
  possession. 
  By 
  a 
  slip, 
  Mr. 
  Gray 
  puts 
  

   the 
  date 
  of 
  this 
  occurrence 
  as 
  the 
  8th 
  of 
  July, 
  1867. 
  

  

  