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82 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY<br />
MEROPS APIASTER (Bee-eater).<br />
Shetland<br />
Symbister, June 1899, seen for some days<br />
picked up dead ("Annals," 1900, pp. 48-49).<br />
and then<br />
STRIGID/E (Owls).<br />
Sutherland and Caithness Thurso, Asio accipitrinus (Shorteared<br />
Owl), Aug. loth, ? shot. Argyll and Isles Skerryvore, A.<br />
accipitrinus, Aug. i3th, on rock. Orkney North Ronaldshay,<br />
Nyctea scandiaca (Snowy Owl), Feb. ist, one ;<br />
Nov. gth, one.<br />
FALCONID.E (Falcons and Hawks).<br />
SutJierland and Caithness Archibuteo lagopus (Rough-legged<br />
Buzzard), March 22nd, $ trapped at Braemore. Forth Buteo<br />
vulgaris (Common Buzzard), Oct. i6th, two in keeper's larder at<br />
Kilmahog.<br />
ANSERINE (Geese).<br />
Shetland Dunrossness, A. albifrons (White-fronted Goose),<br />
Dec. 1 3th, shot on Loch Spiggie ("Annals," 1900, p. 50). Moray<br />
Bernicla leucopsis (Bernacle Goose), Nov. 9th, shot near Tain<br />
("Annals," 1900, p. 49). Dee B. brenta (Brent Goose), Oct. i4th,<br />
shot near Aberdeen. Tay Tayfield, A. brachyrhynchus (Pinkfooted<br />
Goose), April 28th, last seen; A. albifrons, April igth, one<br />
of three shot ("Annals," 1899, p. 182). Forth A. brachyrhynchus,<br />
April 1 8th, a small flock, Aberlady Bay Oct.<br />
; 4th, a flock, Aberlady.<br />
Argyll and Isles Tiree, A. albifrons, May 4th, left; Oct. i2th,<br />
returned. Clyde Thankerton, A. brachyrhynchus, Nov. 25th, two<br />
numerous this winter.<br />
shot,<br />
very<br />
CYGNIN.E (Swans).<br />
Caithness Thurso, C. musicus (Whooper), March 22nd, 24<br />
passing N.E. Watten, Oct. 25th, one shot. Argyll and Isles<br />
Tiree, C. musicus, Nov. 3rd ;<br />
C. bewicki (Bewick's Swan), March i2th,<br />
two flocks of 22 and 18 came in from E. ;<br />
March 25th, still here;<br />
Nov. 1 3th, arrived. ANATID^E (Ducks).<br />
Shetland Sandness, Somateria spectabilis (King Eider), Feb.<br />
24th, c? shot ("Annals," 1899, p. in). Dunrossness, Mergus<br />
albellus (Smew), Dec. isth, shot on Loch Spiggie ("Annals," 1900,<br />
p. 50). Sutherland and Caithness Fuligula marila (Scaup), nested<br />
this year in Sutherland ("Annals," 1899, pp. 215-216). Caithness,<br />
Clangula glaudon (Golden Eye), April nth, adult $ on Loch Eye;<br />
Spatula clypeata (Shoveller), Aug. igth, ? juv., Sandside, "rare."<br />
Dee Aberdeen, Anas streperus (Gadwall), Sept. 23rd, $ shot.<br />
Rattray Head, Fuligula ferina (Pochard), April 29th, have left;
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