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  THE 
  VE 
  ETE 
  BE 
  ATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  " 
  DEE." 
  

  

  obtain 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  at 
  Aberdeen. 
  This 
  was 
  in 
  

   September, 
  1866 
  ; 
  the 
  bird 
  was 
  feeding 
  in 
  early 
  morning 
  near 
  

   the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Tile 
  Burn. 
  

  

  Two 
  immature 
  birds 
  were 
  shot 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Angus 
  " 
  near 
  Aber- 
  

   deen," 
  2nd 
  September, 
  1867; 
  while 
  one 
  was 
  killed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Gordon 
  of 
  Cairness, 
  at 
  the 
  Loch 
  of 
  Strathbeg, 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  September, 
  1868. 
  Two 
  were 
  shot 
  at 
  Slains, 
  2nd 
  September, 
  

   1886, 
  but 
  by 
  whom 
  I 
  have 
  omitted 
  to 
  note. 
  

  

  Edward 
  records 
  having 
  found 
  two 
  specimens 
  at 
  Strathbeg 
  

   — 
  (see 
  Naturalist, 
  vol. 
  iv., 
  p. 
  268). 
  

  

  Genus 
  NUMBNIUS, 
  Brisson. 
  

  

  Numenius 
  borealis, 
  Forster. 
  Esquimaux 
  Curlew. 
  

  

  This 
  rare 
  bird 
  has 
  been 
  several 
  times 
  obtained 
  in 
  " 
  Dee 
  ; 
  " 
  

   first 
  on 
  September 
  6th, 
  1855, 
  when 
  one 
  was 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  estate 
  

   of 
  Durris. 
  On 
  September 
  23rd, 
  1878, 
  one 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Slains 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Ramsay, 
  gamekeeper 
  there, 
  who 
  sent 
  it 
  to 
  me. 
  Again 
  

   on 
  September 
  21st, 
  1880, 
  one 
  was 
  shot 
  in 
  the 
  Forest 
  of 
  Birse 
  

   by 
  H. 
  C. 
  Hadden, 
  Esq., 
  who 
  sent 
  it 
  to 
  me 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   year 
  and 
  month 
  one 
  was 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  Hill 
  of 
  Craigston, 
  

   parish 
  of 
  King-Edward, 
  and 
  was 
  preserved 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M'Boyle, 
  

   Peterhead. 
  

  

  Numenius 
  phseopus, 
  Linn, 
  Whimbrel. 
  

  

  Not 
  an 
  abundant 
  species. 
  A 
  few 
  only 
  are 
  seen 
  during 
  

   the 
  autumn 
  migration, 
  at 
  which 
  season 
  the 
  coast 
  sportsmen 
  

   manage 
  to 
  secure 
  some 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Horn 
  says 
  : 
  [" 
  Frequently 
  seen 
  during 
  summer."] 
  

  

  Numenius 
  arquata, 
  Linn. 
  Curlew. 
  "Whaup." 
  

  

  A 
  resident 
  species, 
  frequenting 
  the 
  coast 
  and 
  river 
  

   estuaries 
  during 
  winter, 
  betaking 
  itself 
  to 
  the 
  inland 
  moor 
  

   and 
  low 
  hills 
  during 
  summer, 
  on 
  which 
  places 
  it 
  forms 
  its 
  

   nest, 
  bringing 
  out 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  young. 
  At 
  this 
  season 
  its 
  

   food 
  differs 
  very 
  widely 
  from 
  its 
  winter 
  fare. 
  Through 
  the 
  

   latter 
  period 
  it 
  feeds 
  largely 
  upon 
  worms 
  and 
  other 
  lowly 
  

   forms 
  of 
  animal 
  life 
  to 
  be 
  obtained 
  in 
  the 
  soft 
  oozy 
  ground 
  

   then 
  frequented 
  ; 
  whereas, 
  in 
  summer, 
  it 
  eats 
  largely 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  