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  THE 
  VERTEBEATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  " 
  DEE." 
  

  

  the 
  shore, 
  where 
  they 
  wont 
  to 
  flock 
  abundantly 
  for 
  salmon 
  

   gouries." 
  

  

  The 
  lochs 
  referred 
  to 
  have 
  long 
  since 
  disappeared, 
  and 
  in 
  

   " 
  New 
  " 
  Aberdeen, 
  at 
  least, 
  the 
  ground 
  where 
  the 
  loch 
  lay 
  is 
  

   now 
  covered 
  with 
  numerous 
  buildings 
  ; 
  and 
  although 
  we 
  may 
  

   still 
  have 
  abundance 
  of 
  " 
  salmon 
  gouries," 
  the 
  " 
  corbies 
  " 
  have 
  

   gone 
  never 
  to 
  return. 
  

  

  Larus 
  minutus, 
  Pallas. 
  Little 
  Gull. 
  

  

  An 
  occasional 
  and 
  irregular 
  visitor. 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  beautiful 
  male 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  Little 
  Gull 
  or 
  Maw 
  was 
  

   shot 
  on 
  the 
  sands, 
  Fraserburgh, 
  28th 
  June, 
  1854." 
  (Edward.) 
  

   This 
  specimen 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  Elgin 
  Museum. 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Aberdeen 
  in 
  1861, 
  by 
  A. 
  Mitchell, 
  

   and 
  another 
  in 
  1864 
  (Taylor's 
  MS.); 
  and 
  on 
  29th 
  March, 
  1869, 
  

   Mr. 
  Mitchell 
  killed 
  one 
  at 
  Don-mouth, 
  which 
  he 
  presented 
  

   to 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  Robert 
  Gray. 
  

  

  On 
  December 
  12th, 
  1874, 
  Mr. 
  Arthur 
  Robb 
  killed 
  one 
  of 
  a 
  

   party 
  of 
  four 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Dee, 
  and 
  on 
  October 
  26th, 
  

   1888, 
  Mr. 
  Andrew 
  Milne 
  obtained 
  an 
  immature 
  specimen 
  at 
  

   Don-mouth, 
  which 
  he 
  brought 
  to 
  me 
  for 
  identification. 
  

  

  Sub-Family 
  STERCORARIIN^. 
  

  

  Genus 
  STERCORARIUS, 
  Brisson. 
  

  

  [Stercorarius 
  catarrhactes, 
  Linn. 
  Common 
  Skua. 
  

  

  " 
  To 
  be 
  seen 
  every 
  winter 
  upon 
  this 
  coast." 
  (Horn.) 
  

   Notwithstanding 
  this 
  assertion, 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  seen 
  a 
  

   " 
  Dee 
  "-killed 
  specimen.] 
  

  

  Stercorarius 
  pomatorhinus, 
  Linn. 
  Pomatorhine 
  Skua. 
  

  

  One 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Fraserburgh, 
  and 
  another 
  at 
  Dinnet, 
  in 
  

   1881, 
  both 
  being 
  sent 
  to 
  me 
  ; 
  while 
  a 
  third 
  was 
  obtained 
  at 
  

   Fyvie, 
  in 
  1890, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Sim. 
  

  

  Stercorarius 
  parasiticus, 
  Linn. 
  Buffon's 
  Skua. 
  

  

  A 
  rare 
  straggler. 
  One 
  was 
  shot 
  on 
  Bennachie 
  in 
  1880, 
  by 
  

   Captain 
  Brooke, 
  and 
  in 
  1881 
  another 
  at 
  Netherdale 
  on 
  the 
  

   Deveron. 
  Both 
  were 
  forwarded 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  