﻿BIRDS. 
  

  

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  immature 
  birds. 
  Still, 
  full-grown 
  specimens 
  in 
  fine 
  plumage 
  

   are 
  occasionally 
  obtained. 
  One 
  such 
  got 
  entangled 
  among 
  

   the 
  salmon 
  nets 
  in 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Nigg, 
  and 
  was 
  bought 
  from 
  

   the 
  fishermen 
  by 
  me. 
  

  

  "A 
  most 
  splendid 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  bird, 
  in 
  full 
  breeding 
  

   dress, 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  sands 
  of 
  Rattray 
  this 
  summer" 
  (1854). 
  

   (Edward.) 
  

  

  Colymbus 
  arcticus, 
  Linn. 
  Black-throated 
  Diver. 
  

  

  During 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  forty 
  years 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  seen 
  but 
  one 
  

   specimen 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  " 
  Dee." 
  This 
  was 
  

   an 
  immature 
  bird 
  which 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Collieston 
  in 
  March, 
  

   1891, 
  and 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  me 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Clark, 
  teacher, 
  

   Slains 
  Public 
  School. 
  

  

  ["A 
  regular 
  visitor 
  to 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Buchan." 
  (Horn.) 
  

   Edward 
  says 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  "yearly 
  visitor" 
  to 
  the 
  Loch 
  of 
  Strath 
  - 
  

   beg. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  paper, 
  entitled 
  " 
  Two 
  Days 
  in 
  Glen 
  Muick," 
  which 
  

   appeared 
  in 
  the 
  Cairngorm 
  Club 
  Journal, 
  January, 
  1894, 
  p. 
  67, 
  

   we 
  are 
  told 
  that 
  " 
  in 
  the 
  evening 
  a 
  large 
  flock 
  of 
  wild 
  geese 
  

   visited 
  the 
  loch 
  (Loch 
  Muick), 
  causing 
  quite 
  a 
  flutter 
  among 
  

   the 
  collies 
  ; 
  and 
  also 
  of 
  the 
  doings 
  of 
  a 
  Black-throated 
  Diver 
  

   that 
  day, 
  while 
  we 
  were 
  absent 
  on 
  the 
  mountain 
  tops."] 
  ! 
  ! 
  

  

  Colymbus 
  septentrionalis, 
  Linn. 
  Red-throated 
  Diver. 
  

  

  Fairly 
  abundant 
  during 
  winter 
  and 
  spring, 
  and 
  is 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  killed 
  by 
  becoming 
  entangled 
  in 
  the 
  salmon 
  nets. 
  

   Thus 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  infrequently 
  found 
  lying 
  upon 
  the 
  beach. 
  It 
  

   does 
  not 
  breed 
  within 
  " 
  Dee," 
  removing 
  further 
  northwards 
  

   for 
  that 
  purpose 
  ; 
  yet 
  I 
  have 
  obtained 
  it 
  in 
  full 
  breeding 
  

   plumage 
  on 
  the 
  Aberdeenshire 
  coast. 
  

  

  Family 
  PODICIPID^. 
  

  

  Genus 
  PODICEPS, 
  Latham. 
  

  

  Podiceps 
  cristatus, 
  Linn. 
  Great 
  Crested 
  Grebe. 
  

  

  Rare. 
  A 
  female 
  in 
  beautiful 
  condition 
  was 
  found 
  upon 
  the 
  

   shore, 
  near 
  Peterhead, 
  and 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  me 
  by 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Dr. 
  

   Stewart. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  Peterhead 
  Museum. 
  

  

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