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  On 
  the 
  13th 
  of 
  August, 
  1895, 
  a 
  male 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Udny 
  by 
  

   George 
  Muirhead, 
  Esq., 
  late 
  factor 
  on 
  the 
  Haddo 
  House 
  

   Estates, 
  who 
  sent 
  the 
  bird 
  to 
  me. 
  Its 
  stomach 
  contained 
  

   fragments 
  of 
  beetles, 
  which 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  picking 
  up 
  around 
  the 
  

   small 
  moorland 
  pool 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  killed. 
  The 
  specimen 
  is 
  

   now 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  J. 
  H. 
  Udny, 
  Esq. 
  of 
  Udny. 
  

  

  Totanus 
  calidris, 
  Linn. 
  Redshank. 
  "Pileel." 
  

  

  A 
  common 
  resident 
  species, 
  frequenting 
  the 
  muddy 
  estu- 
  

   aries 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  line, 
  betaking 
  themselves 
  inland 
  in 
  

   spring, 
  during 
  which 
  season, 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  summer, 
  they 
  

   can 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  numbers 
  about 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  marshy 
  ground 
  

   of 
  the 
  district. 
  

  

  Totanus 
  fuscus, 
  Linn. 
  Spotted 
  Redshank. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  represented 
  by 
  a 
  single 
  female 
  specimen, 
  

   which 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Bouck, 
  in 
  the 
  Ythan 
  estuary, 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  13th, 
  1902. 
  It 
  is 
  rare 
  in 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  Britain. 
  " 
  It 
  

   inhabits 
  Europe, 
  Asia, 
  and 
  Africa 
  generally." 
  

  

  Totanus 
  canescens, 
  Gmelin. 
  Greenshank. 
  

  

  Not 
  a 
  common 
  species 
  ; 
  a 
  few 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  upon 
  the 
  

   sands 
  and 
  mud-flats 
  at 
  Don 
  and 
  Ythan 
  during 
  the 
  autumnal 
  

   migration. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  known 
  to 
  breed 
  with 
  us. 
  

  

  Genus 
  LIMOSA, 
  Brisson. 
  

  

  Limosa 
  lapponica, 
  Linn. 
  Bar-tailed 
  Godwit. 
  

  

  The 
  Godwit 
  visits 
  the 
  district 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  " 
  Dee 
  " 
  

   for 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  during 
  autumn, 
  at 
  which 
  season 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  

   seen 
  in 
  considerable 
  numbers. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  breed 
  in 
  the 
  Moss 
  

   of 
  St. 
  Fergus. 
  A 
  young 
  one 
  was 
  killed 
  there 
  in 
  August, 
  1897, 
  

   and 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Mutch, 
  Pitfour, 
  with 
  whom 
  

   I 
  saw 
  it 
  ; 
  as 
  also 
  young 
  and 
  old 
  that 
  were 
  killed 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   place 
  in 
  1898. 
  

  

  Limosa 
  aegocephala, 
  Linn. 
  Black-tailed 
  Godwit. 
  

  

  Like 
  the 
  foregoing, 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  an 
  autumn 
  visitor 
  to 
  

   " 
  Dee," 
  but 
  in 
  much 
  smaller 
  numbers. 
  I 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  

  

  