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  THE 
  VEBTEBRATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  Greenland 
  Parrots, 
  and 
  several 
  others." 
  (Robertson, 
  General 
  

   View 
  of 
  Kincardineshire, 
  p. 
  397.) 
  

  

  Larus 
  glaucus, 
  Fabfkius. 
  Glaucous 
  Gull. 
  

  

  This 
  fine 
  and 
  easily-recognised 
  species 
  is 
  a 
  winter 
  visitor 
  

   to 
  " 
  Dee." 
  I, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  most 
  other 
  sea-coast 
  gunners, 
  have 
  

   killed 
  both 
  old 
  and 
  young 
  upon 
  Aberdeen 
  beach, 
  where 
  the 
  

   bird 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  greater 
  or 
  lesser 
  numbers 
  almost 
  every 
  

   season. 
  

  

  Larus 
  leucopterus, 
  Faber. 
  Iceland 
  Gull. 
  

  

  An 
  immature 
  specimen 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Collieston, 
  in 
  1892, 
  by 
  

   the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  Pressley, 
  who 
  presented 
  it 
  to 
  me. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  

   the 
  collection 
  of 
  Mr. 
  James 
  Simpson, 
  Aberdeen. 
  

  

  "An 
  occasional 
  winter 
  visitant." 
  (Horn.) 
  

  

  On 
  December 
  25th, 
  1893, 
  I 
  saw 
  an 
  Iceland 
  Gull 
  flying 
  

   about 
  amongst 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  Herring 
  Gulls, 
  most 
  of 
  whom 
  

   were 
  immature. 
  The 
  birds 
  were 
  feeding 
  upon 
  fish 
  livers 
  that 
  

   were 
  being 
  thrown 
  to 
  them 
  at 
  Aberdeen 
  Fish 
  Market, 
  thus 
  

   affording 
  an 
  excellent 
  opportunity 
  of 
  identifying 
  the 
  stranger. 
  

  

  In 
  reply 
  to 
  some 
  enquiries 
  regarding 
  this 
  species, 
  Mr. 
  

   M'Boyle 
  has 
  kindly 
  favoured 
  me 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  " 
  Peter- 
  

   head, 
  March 
  6th, 
  1896. 
  They 
  are 
  far 
  from 
  rare. 
  I 
  generally 
  

   see 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  whenever 
  I 
  care 
  to 
  look 
  for 
  them, 
  but 
  they 
  

   are 
  usually 
  immature. 
  Through 
  the 
  present 
  winter 
  there 
  has 
  

   not 
  been 
  so 
  many 
  as 
  during 
  the 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  previous 
  seasons. 
  

   During 
  part 
  of 
  March 
  and 
  April 
  last 
  year 
  I 
  was 
  working 
  near 
  

   the 
  harbour, 
  and 
  during 
  that 
  time 
  one 
  up 
  to 
  three 
  could 
  be 
  

   seen 
  every 
  day 
  coursing 
  along 
  the 
  shore, 
  sometimes 
  taking 
  a 
  

   survey 
  of 
  the 
  harbour 
  close 
  beside 
  us, 
  so 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  

   mistake 
  as 
  to 
  their 
  identity." 
  

  

  Larus 
  argentatus, 
  Gmelin. 
  Herring 
  Gull. 
  "Willy-Goo." 
  

  

  Abundant, 
  and 
  breeds 
  in 
  many 
  places 
  in 
  large 
  colonies 
  

   along 
  the 
  coasts 
  of 
  " 
  Dee." 
  When 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  nidification 
  

   is 
  over, 
  old 
  and 
  young 
  often 
  betake 
  themselves 
  inland, 
  feeding 
  

   among 
  the 
  ploughed 
  fields 
  or 
  about 
  dung 
  heaps 
  where 
  fish 
  

   refuse 
  or 
  other 
  garbage 
  has 
  been 
  laid 
  down. 
  

  

  