. The Annals of Scottish natural history. Natural history; Natural history -- Scotland. 3. The Annals of Scottish Natural History NO. 2] 1892 [APRIL THE OCCURRENCE OF THE HOODED SEAL (CYSTOPHORA CRIST AT A, ERXLEBEN) IN BENBECULA. By J. MACNAUGHT CAMPBELL, THAT this rare species may have occurred more frequently than is recorded is very probable ; the want of competent observers and the habits of the whole tribe are such as to prevent its appearance being noted more often than it has been. Semi-migratory in its nature, it is possible that in our outlying islands and skerries this well-m
. The Annals of Scottish natural history. Natural history; Natural history -- Scotland. 3. The Annals of Scottish Natural History NO. 2] 1892 [APRIL THE OCCURRENCE OF THE HOODED SEAL (CYSTOPHORA CRIST AT A, ERXLEBEN) IN BENBECULA. By J. MACNAUGHT CAMPBELL, THAT this rare species may have occurred more frequently than is recorded is very probable ; the want of competent observers and the habits of the whole tribe are such as to prevent its appearance being noted more often than it has been. Semi-migratory in its nature, it is possible that in our outlying islands and skerries this well-marked species may be a more frequent visitor than we are aware of. Although its appearance has been without doubt recorded on three different occasions on the. shores of the United Kingdom, once in the Orwell in 1847 ("Zoologist" 1847), once at Frodsham on the Mersey in 1873 (" Proc. Zool. ; 1873), and at St. Andrews on the 22d July 1872; the latter record is the only one, so far as I am aware, relating to Scotland, and is fully described in the " Scottish Naturalist," vol. ii. pp. 1-8, by Mr. Robert Walker. In the Orkneys, although it is " said to have been killed there," no record is given of such a fact in the recently published and valuable contribution to our faunal literature the "Fauna of the Orkney Islands," by Messrs. Harvie-Brown and Buckley, the authors 2 B. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Edinburgh : David Douglas
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