INJIEX. 



363 



Dunlins at St. Kilda, 59 ; feeding, 60 

 Dwellings, Underground, at St. Kilda, 13 ; on 

 Borrera, S2 



Eagle, Golden, Shyness of, 138 

 Earthenware, Fragments of Old, H 

 Egg, Colour of Conmiim Guilleinnfs, 100 



Sea Birds that lay only One, V2l) 



Stealers, Jackdaws as, -Jy" 



Eggs, Clutclies of Eider Duclis', if^O 



Coloivition, -.'04 



Destruction of, IS'J 



Distribution of Heat over, 206 



Enemies of, 207 



Excli.-iii'jiii;^-. 207 



FasliilMiisih >s ..f Plovers in regard to 



the rnsilinii of, 20li 



Great Numbers gathered at St. Kildn, 



119 



Gulls', collected at Scoulton Mere, 27:3 



How Birds lay, 205 



Large Clutches of Terns', 254 



of Eider Ducks, 73 



of Wrens, 72 



Osprev's, 194 



Painted, 204 



Pheasants', 164 



■ ,, Variation in Colour of, 100 



Protection of, l>y llarnionisation of 



Colour, 207, 254 



Stolen by Roolis, 140 



■ Tree Sparrow's, 204 



Eider Ducks at St Kilda, 12S 

 • ,, Et(gs of, 73 



" Eigljt-Day Sickness " at St. Kilda, 33 

 Embarkation, Ditfieulties of, at St. Kilda, 03 

 Escape, Narrow, 104 

 Etiquette at St. Kilda, 27 



Falcon (see Peregrine) 



Falling into a Sliaft Full of Water, 35S 



Farewell Meeting, A, 128 



Fame Islands and Robert Darling, 330 



,, Cormorants at, 24S 



„ Eider Dueks at, 25S 



• „ Guillemots at, 204 



,, in a Rougli Sea otf the, 333 



,, Kittiwakes at, 204 



,, Rabbits on, 332 



,, Terns breeding at, 250 



Feat, A Good Gymnastic, M'jO 



Feathers, How disiiosed during Sleep, 232 



from St. Kilda for Soldiers' Pillows, 



119 

 Fecundity of Rabbits, 180 

 Feet, Large, of Young Razorbill, 105 

 Ferrets killing each other, 182 

 Fergusson descends a Fearful Precipice, 80 

 Field Work, Secret of, 354 

 Fieldfares, Where they sleep, 247 

 Fight between a Pair of Black Guillemots, 



01 

 Fire-penny Tax at St. Kilda, 54 

 Fish, A Big Catch of, 67, 08, 99 

 • for Bait, 99 



Stolen from Cormoi-ants by Gulls, 250 



Fleas on a Rabbit, 181 



Flight Netting, How it is managed, 284 



Flights, Great Winter, 284 



Flycatcher, Spotted, Habits of, 224 



Flycatcher's, Spotted, Nest, 223 ; in a Bullet- 

 Hole, 196 



Fog, Steaming in a, 130 



Food-supply of St. Kildaiis coni pared witli 

 that of Hebrides II Ciott.is, it 



Forked-tailed Petrels' Nests, (i4, 7s 



,, ,, Squirting Oil, SO 



Fowler, Sad Fate of, 118 



Fowling, An Exhibition of, 64 



Ropes, 124 



Fowls, Domestic, Small Esteem for, at St. 



Kilda, 48 

 Fox, Cunning of, 150 



Fate of a Trapped, 1.54 



Trap, A Curious, 153, 154 



Friends, Parting with, 129 



Fright, A Great, 17:'. 



Fuel used at St. Kilda, 40 



Fulmar Petrel, Brc.Miii- habits of, 116,118 



,, Call h oi, on I'.orrera, 84 



,, Cau.^ht liy Kngusson, 86 



,, Curious bitlerences of Opinion 



of the Value of, 118 



,, Egg of, 02 



,, Feathers from, 119 



,, Flight of, ;i 



,, Habits of, 00 



,, Maegillivray's Observations 



on, 116 



,, Oil from, 119 



„ ,, Smell of, 12, 119 



,, Pliotographing, 108, 115 



,, Quantity of Oil from, 119 



,, Sense of Smell of, 02 



,, Sighting First, 3 



,, Stalking, 108 



Gamekeeper, A much scarred, 170 



— An Essex, 328 



The Humour of a, 177 



Gamekeepers and Hawks, 141, 142 



Characteristics of, 135 



Dangers of, 330j 



Duties of, 150 



■ Hard Life of, 168 



Method of killing Ravens, 241 



on killing Birds of Prey, 142 



Gannets on Stack Lee, 70 



Plunging, 3 [see also Solan Geese) 



Geese, Wild, Finding a Brood of, 318 



Generosity of St. Kildans, 52 



Gillie's Courage, A, 318 



Gnats, Punished by, 226 



Gold, Contemning, 51 



Goose, Bell hung to the Neck of, 156 



Grace Darling's Bible, 332 



Graveyard at St. Kilda, 44 



Greed of St. Kildans, 49 



Ground on which Cage-birds are caught, 286 



Grouse, A Close Sitter, 150, 198 



Alarm Notes of, 102 



Becking for, 160 



Curious Habits of, 162 



,, Position of the Nest of a, 150 



Eggs of, stolen by Rooks, 146 



Effect of Starvation on, 163 



Fascinations of Driving, 148 



Harm done to, by Farmers' Cats, 152 



How poached, 150, 160 



Method of calling, 160 



• ■ Netting, 157 



• Notes of, 160 



— ' Only Bird Indigenous to British Isles, 



148 



■ Roosting in Trees, 164 



• Shooting, 104 



Sitting long and close on Nest, 198 



Snaring, 150, 158 



Starved to Death, 104 



Talkativeness of, 102 



Weight of, 104 



Gulf Stream, Bountifnlness'of, 40 



,, Fetches a disappointment to 



St. Kilda, 47 

 Guillemot, Black, Notes of. Fighting, etc., 61 



Common, at Fame Islands, 204 



„ Breakfasting off Eggs of, 



323 



■ ,, Clever Capture of, 108 



• ,, Colour of Eggs of, 106 



