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November, 1876; one shot at Culross, March 19th, 1881 ; another 
visited the Isle of May, October i6th, 1882 (Migration Report, 
1883, p. 12). 
I have examined others killed in this district more recently. 
IV. TAY AREA. 
The Great Grey Shrike becomes more rare north of the Forth, 
but is found all along the line of the east coast. Mr. W. Horn 
states in his Notes on the Birds of North-West Perthshire that 
''several (Great Grey Shrikes) have been killed in different 
parts of Perthshire, but I have only heard of one in this particular 
district." 
Mr. P. Henderson of Dundee has most kindly favoured me 
with the following remarks : — " The Great Grey Shrike is rare in 
this quarter, and in the last twenty years, I am safe to say, that not 
more than twelve have passed through my hands for preservation, 
and of late years, say within the last five years, I have only seen 
four specimens ; one in June, 1884, one in May, 1885, and in 
June, 1887. Last year (1888), I had one from Kinnaird, Perth- 
shire. This season I heard of one being got at Monifieth, east of 
Broughty Ferry. They are comparatively rare with us " (In Lit., 
Oct. 28, 1889). 
V. DEE AREA, 
As long ago as 1849, the Rev. James Smith was inclined to 
refer an Aberdonian Shrike to the well-known Nearctic species, 
Lanius horealis. The bird in question was shot near Aberdeen in 
January of that year, and had a single white alar bar (Zool., 1849, 
pp. 2495, 2567). 
In 1859, a Great Grey Shrike was killed in Aberdeenshire on 
the 28th of October. 
In i860, an "immature" male (by dissection) was captured 
upon the rigging of a vessel sixty miles off the east coast upon the 
ist day of October (Zool., i860, p. 7235). 
Mr. Sim, A.L.S., a well-known Aberdeen naturalist, kindly in- 
formed me in October, 1889, that the accompanying notes include 
all the specimens of local Grey Shrikes that had passed through 
his hands during twenty -five years : " 1865, one killed at Balogie ; 
