INDEX 



293 



Blackcap, migratory, in song in Shet- 

 land, 143 

 Bullfinches, Northern, in Orkney, 44 

 Bunting, Little, in Yorkshire (Editorial), 



4 

 Buzzard, Honey, in Ross-shire, 69 



Chiffchaff, Siberian, in Shetland in 

 Winter, 93 ; near Tunbridge Wells 

 (Editorial), 75 



Crake, Spotted, in Shetland, 288 



Crow, Carrion, in North Uist, 238 



Cuckoo, Egg Coloration (Editorial), 74 



Dotterel at Isle of May and Mull of 

 Galloway lanterns, 239 



Duck, Eider, nesting in Tyninghame 

 Woods, 263 



Duck, Tufted, probable breeding in 

 North Uist, 45 



Dunlin brooding young Redshanks, 214; 

 nesting in Berwickshire, 143 



Eigg, Bird-life of (Editorial), 146 



Fair Isle, Migratory Birds at, 53 



Fieldfare in Shetland, 21 



Flycatcher, Pied, nesting in Peebles- 

 shire, 20 



Fulmar, "Blue," its Plumage and 

 Distribution," 221 



Fulmars at Butt of Lewis, 165, 214 ; at 

 Fowlsheugh, Kincardineshire coast, 



215 



Gannet, variety of, 2 2 



Gannetry at " the Stack," Orkney 



Islands (Editorial), 266 

 Gannets, Are they destructive birds ? 



(Editorial), 265 

 Goatsucker, young, at Durris, Kin- 

 cardineshire, 238 

 Goldfinch in Moray Area, 143 ; 



increase in Scotland, 189 

 Grebe, Great Crested, Courtship-habits 



(Editorial), 243 ; in Moray Area, 



46 

 Grouse, Ringed, 2 2, 94 

 Guillemots, Common, at Butt of Lewis, 



214 ; on Ailsa Craig, 289 

 Gulls, Black-headed, in Dumfriesshire, 



203 

 Gulls, Iceland, in the North, 69 

 Gull, Lesser Black-backed, in Orkney, 



94 

 Gull, Little, in P'orth in June, 164 

 Hawk, Sparrow, as migrant at Barra, 



Outer Hebrides, 21 

 Hebrides, Outer, Notes on Bird-life, 



30 

 Heronries, Scottish, 112, 143, 213 

 Islay, Birds of (Editorial), 26 

 Kingfisher at Isle of May lantern, 239 

 Kite, increase in England (Editorial), 



75 

 Lauderdale, Bird Notes, 237 



Leith, Bird Notes, 287 



migrating in 



Mallard and Wigeon, supposed hybrid 



in Berwickshire, 117 

 Mallard, display in relation to pairing, 



78 

 May, Isle of, Bird Notes in 191 3, 106 ; 



Bird Notes Spring, 1914, 198 ; 



increase in cliff-breeding birds, 162 

 Migrants, Summer, singing in winter 



quarters (Editorial), 25 

 Nesting Season of 1914, 163 

 Ospreys, Loch an Eilein, history of, 149 

 Owl, Long-eared, in Shetland, 288 

 Passerine Birds found 



moult, 245 

 Petrel, Fork-tailed, in Peeblesshire, 69 

 Pintail nesting in Moray Area, 45 

 Pipit, Richard's, in Midlothian, 19 

 Plover, Ringed, British Race (Edi- 

 torial), 218 

 Plumage, Importation of (Prohibition), 



Bill (Editorial), 52, 73 

 Quails in Fife, 22 ; nesting in Renfrew 



and Bute, 69 

 Rail, Land-, Report on status as a 



breeding species (Editorial), 219 

 Razorbills on Ailsa Craig, 289 

 Redbreasts in Shetland, 93 

 Ruff in Outer Hebrides, 69 

 Scottish Islands, Spring Bird Notes, 



173 

 Shetland, Bird Notes, 44, 287 

 Shrike, Grey, in Shetland, 94 

 Shrike, Woodchat, in Orkney, 45 

 Skua, Great, danger of extermination 

 in British Islands, 46 ; protection 

 in Shetland (Editorial), 74 

 Smew on Duddingston Loch, 1 18 

 Snipe, Common, at Duddingston Loch, 



22 

 Sparrows, food of nestling (Editorial), 



266 

 Sparrow, Tree-, increase in Lauderdale, 



287 

 Starling, spread of, in Scotland, 237 

 Swallow, late, in West Lothian, 21 ; 

 ringed in Ayrshire and captured in 

 South Africa (Editorial), 3 

 Swallows in German Camerun (Edi- 

 torial), 25 

 Swans, Wild, nesting in Shetlands 



(Editorial), 49 

 Swift in Dumfriesshire, 143 

 Tern, Lesser, in East Lothian, 263 

 Terns, young Common, Notes on High 



Mortality in certain seasons, 271 

 Thrush, Mistle-, as migrant at Barra, 



Outer Hebrides, 21 

 Thrush, Song-, strange bill of fare, 290 

 Tiree, Birds of, 43, 44 

 Twites nesting on Ailsa Craig, 213 

 Wagtail, Pied, arrival in Orkney, 68 

 Wagtail, White, in Orkneys, 93 



