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  THE 
  VE 
  ETE 
  BE 
  ATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  Podiceps 
  griseigena, 
  Boddaert. 
  Red-necked 
  Grebe. 
  

  

  Not 
  so 
  uncommon 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  ; 
  several 
  have 
  been 
  

   obtained 
  within 
  our 
  district. 
  

  

  "Mr. 
  Angus 
  states 
  that 
  he 
  shot 
  a 
  specimen 
  in 
  breeding 
  

   dress 
  on 
  the 
  2nd 
  of 
  May, 
  1867, 
  in 
  Aberdeenshire." 
  (Gray.) 
  

  

  One 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R 
  Meff 
  at 
  Stonehaven 
  in 
  1892. 
  One 
  

   was 
  also 
  killed 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Dee 
  in 
  January, 
  1893, 
  

   which 
  is 
  still 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  Mitchell, 
  Aberdeen. 
  

  

  Podiceps 
  auritus, 
  Linn. 
  Sclavonian 
  Grebe. 
  

  

  Rare. 
  One 
  was 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  lake 
  at 
  Brucklay 
  Castle, 
  and 
  

   was 
  sent 
  to 
  me. 
  It 
  proved 
  a 
  female. 
  Its 
  stomach 
  contained 
  

   flies, 
  beetles, 
  grubs, 
  and 
  sticklebacks. 
  

  

  Podiceps 
  nigricollis, 
  Brehm. 
  Eared 
  Grebe. 
  

   Black-necked 
  Grebe. 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  rare 
  species 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Strathbeg 
  on 
  

   March 
  2nd, 
  1898, 
  by 
  E. 
  S. 
  Hills, 
  Esq., 
  who 
  sent 
  it 
  to 
  me 
  for 
  

   preservation. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  above-named 
  

   gentleman. 
  Its 
  stomach 
  was 
  well 
  filled 
  with 
  feathers, 
  

   amongst 
  which 
  were 
  numbers 
  of 
  the 
  stalk-eyed 
  Crustacean 
  

   (My 
  sis 
  vulgaris), 
  showing 
  that, 
  although 
  killed 
  on 
  the 
  loch, 
  

   it 
  had 
  shortly 
  before 
  been 
  feeding 
  in 
  the 
  sea. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  within 
  " 
  Dee" 
  to 
  

   my 
  knowledge. 
  

  

  Podiceps 
  minor, 
  Naum. 
  Little 
  Grebe. 
  " 
  Dabchick." 
  

  

  Common, 
  and 
  breeds 
  around 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  lochs 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  district, 
  a 
  favourite 
  breeding 
  resort 
  being 
  the 
  Bishop 
  

   Loch. 
  

  

  Family 
  ALCIDiE. 
  

   Genus 
  ALCA, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Alca 
  torda, 
  Linn, 
  Razorbill. 
  " 
  Marrot." 
  

  

  Common, 
  and 
  breeds 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  at 
  various 
  points 
  

  

  