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  THE 
  VE 
  ETE 
  BE 
  ATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  Sterna 
  dougalli, 
  Montague. 
  Roseate 
  Tern. 
  

  

  Edward 
  records 
  having 
  shot 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  at 
  

   Strathbeg 
  in 
  May, 
  1849, 
  but 
  the 
  observation 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  

   the 
  Arctic 
  Tern 
  applies 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  case 
  with 
  equal 
  force. 
  

  

  Sterna 
  minuta, 
  Linn. 
  Little 
  Tern. 
  

  

  This 
  pretty 
  and 
  delicate 
  little 
  bird 
  is 
  a 
  summer 
  visitor 
  

   and 
  breeds 
  regularly 
  with 
  us, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  cause 
  is 
  

   fast 
  decreasing 
  in 
  numbers. 
  

  

  Sterna 
  cantiaca, 
  Gmelin. 
  Sandwich 
  Tern. 
  

  

  An 
  irregular 
  visitor 
  to 
  " 
  Dee." 
  In 
  1864, 
  numbers 
  appeared 
  

   in 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  July 
  and 
  beginning 
  of 
  August 
  about 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   of 
  the 
  Don, 
  when 
  twelve 
  specimens 
  were 
  obtained, 
  mostly 
  

   young 
  birds. 
  Again, 
  in 
  1866, 
  from 
  the 
  15th 
  July 
  onwards, 
  for 
  

   about 
  ten 
  days, 
  a 
  number 
  appeared 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  place, 
  since 
  

   which 
  time 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  or 
  heard 
  of 
  any 
  others. 
  

  

  Edward 
  records 
  that 
  he 
  "observed 
  a 
  pair 
  this 
  summer, 
  

   1854." 
  

  

  Sterna 
  nigra, 
  Linn. 
  Black 
  Tern. 
  

  

  In 
  October, 
  1866, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Giles, 
  artist, 
  shot 
  a 
  specimen 
  

   upon 
  the 
  Ythan, 
  near 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Newburgh, 
  and 
  sent 
  it 
  

   to 
  me. 
  

  

  One 
  "in 
  summer 
  plumage" 
  (!) 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Angus 
  at 
  

   Don-mouth 
  on 
  30th 
  April, 
  1867— 
  (Gray). 
  

  

  Sub-Family 
  LARINiE. 
  

  

  Genus 
  LARUS, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Larus 
  eburneus, 
  Phipps. 
  Ivory 
  Gull. 
  

  

  A 
  rare 
  straggler 
  in 
  " 
  Dee." 
  On 
  November 
  17th, 
  1874, 
  

   I 
  saw 
  two 
  feeding 
  along 
  with 
  other 
  Gulls 
  at 
  the 
  entrance 
  

   to 
  Aberdeen 
  harbour, 
  and 
  next 
  morning, 
  along 
  with 
  my 
  friend 
  

   Mr, 
  W. 
  Robb, 
  went 
  and 
  secured 
  both. 
  They 
  were 
  immature 
  

   birds. 
  

  

  