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  THE 
  VERTEBEATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  " 
  DEE.' 
  

  

  longicomus, 
  arms 
  of 
  several 
  stalk-eyed 
  Crustaceans, 
  along 
  with 
  

   small 
  fragments 
  of 
  gneiss 
  and 
  quartz. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  informed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Sim, 
  Fyvie, 
  that 
  one 
  was 
  

   picked 
  up 
  dead 
  at 
  Rothienorman 
  in 
  1884. 
  

  

  Genus 
  PUFFINUS, 
  Brisson. 
  

   PufFinus 
  anglorum, 
  Linn. 
  Manx 
  Shearwater. 
  

  

  Rare. 
  In 
  1876 
  one 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  a 
  fisherman 
  in 
  Aberdeen 
  

   Bay, 
  and 
  was 
  purchased 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  Stoddart 
  Willis, 
  in 
  whose 
  

   collection 
  it 
  remained 
  until 
  his 
  death. 
  

  

  One 
  was 
  killed 
  at 
  Boddam 
  in 
  1879, 
  and 
  is 
  still 
  in 
  my 
  

   possession. 
  

  

  [PufFinus 
  major, 
  Faber. 
  Greater 
  Shearwater. 
  

  

  Mentioned 
  as 
  " 
  rare 
  " 
  by 
  Edward. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  neither 
  seen 
  it 
  nor 
  heard 
  of 
  its 
  occurrence 
  in 
  

   "Dee."] 
  

  

  Genus 
  FULMARUS, 
  Stephens. 
  

  

  Fulmarus 
  glacialis, 
  Linn. 
  Fulmar. 
  

  

  A 
  straggler 
  that 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  of 
  common 
  occurrence 
  on 
  

   the 
  coasts 
  of 
  " 
  Dee." 
  One 
  was 
  found 
  dead 
  upon 
  the 
  lawn 
  in 
  

   front 
  of 
  Seaton 
  House 
  by 
  W. 
  Davidson, 
  gamekeeper, 
  in 
  1860 
  ; 
  

   and 
  in 
  1890 
  one 
  was 
  found 
  among 
  the 
  rocks 
  at 
  Muchalls 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  L. 
  Esson, 
  who 
  brought 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  bird 
  to 
  me 
  for 
  

   identification. 
  Still, 
  although 
  the 
  Fulmar 
  is 
  so 
  rare 
  along 
  the 
  

   coast 
  line, 
  it 
  seems 
  fairly 
  abundant, 
  and 
  is 
  often 
  brought 
  in 
  by 
  

   trawl 
  vessels 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  working 
  upon 
  the 
  fishing 
  banks 
  

   that 
  lie 
  well 
  off 
  the 
  shore 
  throughout 
  the 
  North 
  Sea. 
  

  

  Order 
  PYGOPODES. 
  

  

  Family 
  COLYMBIDiE. 
  

  

  Genus 
  COLYMBUS, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Colymbus 
  glacialis, 
  Linn. 
  Great 
  Northern 
  Diver. 
  

   " 
  Ember 
  Goose." 
  

  

  This 
  beautiful 
  species 
  is 
  rather 
  irregular 
  in 
  its 
  visits 
  to 
  

   the 
  shores 
  of 
  "Dee," 
  and 
  those 
  that 
  do 
  appear 
  are 
  generally 
  

  

  