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INDEX. 



Guillemot, Common, How raiiLrlit by Night, 92 



,, Hi 11111(1 l5iiiTt'ra, 76 



Gull, Lesser Black BaL'l<, suiilldwing Young 



Eiders, 202 

 Gulls, Black-headed, at Scoulton Mere, 272 



Curious Position of a Great Black 



Back's Nest, 2 

 Great Black Back, and Piey, 59 



,, „ ,, at St. Kilda, 58, 100 



Gulls, Herring feeding, 101 



Met with in Hebrides, 272 



Robbing Terns, 258 



Stealing Fish from Cormorants, 250 



Where they sleep, 242 



Gymnastic Feat, A Good, 350 



Habits, Breeding, of Fulmar Petrel, 00 

 ■ ,, Rabbits, 1V7 



,, Starlings, 184 



Change of, in Ring-Ouzels, 292 



Curious, of Hares, 1 70 



■ of Blue .Tit, 224 



,, Hedgehogs, 146 



— ■ ,, Marsh Tits, 220 



,, Peewit, 212 



,, Plovers, etc., 210 



,, Spotted Flycatcher, 224 



Peculiar, of Shelduck, 204 



Hair Rope, 124 



Hammock, A Fall from. 9 

 Hare, Childlike Cry of, 174 



How netted, 174, 175 



Netting, 173 



Poaclied, for Sale, 172 



Shot by Moonliglit, 170 



Trying to Trap, 177 



Hares, Curinus Habits of, 170 



Love ..f Parsley, 177 



Harnionisation nf Birds' Eggs and Young with 



Surroundings, 207, 210 

 Haunted Room, Sleeping in, :i32 

 Hawks and Gamekeeiieis, 141, 142 

 Head-dress of St. Kilda Women, 22 

 Hearthrug used as a Shawl, 22 

 Hebrides, Gulls met with in, 272 

 Hedgehogs, Habits of, 146 

 Heron considered a Witch at St. Kilda, 128 



Rook stealing Sticks from, 190 



Highland Boat, Passengers on, 311 



Peat-Diggers, 319 



Woman's Bunts and Bonnet, 321 



Workmen ami their .Master, 313, 314 



Highlanders, Heartfelt Prayers nf, 320 

 Highlands, 'Teetotalers' difticulties in, 318 

 Home, Love of, 49 



Horsehair Rope, 124 

 Horticulturists, A Hard Nut for, 24 

 House, Highest Inhabited, in Ycrkshire, 327 



Strong Man's, in St. Kilda, 82 



Humorous Incident, 312 



Humouring an Old Man in Power, 314 



Hybrids, 285 



Iilentity, Two Peculiar Cases of Mistaken, 42 

 Illumination, History of, at St. Kilda, 23 

 Incidriit, Hiininrous, :i42 

 Inn, Iliglicst, in England, 327 

 Insects, I'licitdgraiihiiig, 359 

 Instinct in Animals, 238 



Intelligence, Difficulties of obtaining Uii-to- 

 date, 320 



Rewanlcd, ]:!3 



Intoxication niistak(ni for Death, 35 

 Irish Skipjier. Hospitality of, 50 

 Isolation of St. Kilda, 28 



Jackdaws as Egg-Stealers, 257 

 Jay feeding her Young, 224 

 Jay's Ne.st, 224 

 "Jug," How Partri<lges, 170 



Kestrel, Deslriictivi'iiess of, 142 



l,.-i/iiH-s.s uf, 192 



Ke.strel's Eg-s in Haven's Old Nest, 193 

 Kingfisher, How it cajitures its Prey, 355 



Photographing, 355 



Kittiwakes at Fame Islands, 264 



Dea<l, 3 



on their Nests, 98 



Rising of, 100 



Where they sleep, 242 



Ladies, Bravery of, 132 

 Lady Grani;f's Exile, 28 

 Landlord, A Meirv Old, 327 

 Lamp, Stime, still used, 14, 23 



,, ,, ,, on Borrera, 81 



Larks decreasing in Scotland, 284, 



■ Great Slaughter of, 284 



How caught bv Night, 280 



Vast Flocks of^ 284 



Lead-mine, Using an Old, as a Charging Bag, 



358 

 Leap, A Dangerous, 87, 121 

 Letters from St. Kilda, 29 

 Light, Cost of, at St. Kilda, 54 



Night at St. Kilda, 100 



Liquor, Limited Consumption of, 327 

 Locks, Curious Wooden, 12 

 London "a grand spot," 328 



Birds' Nests near, 222 



Lome, Bird-life in the Filth of, 321 



" Lover's Stone," St. Kilda, 37 



Lunatic, Threatened by a, 99 



Lunch, A Dry, 321 



Lure Birds, How tethered and how they 



work, 280 



Macgillivray's Observations on the Fulmar 



Petrel, 116 

 Mackenzie's Equanimitv, 26 

 Mailboat, St. Kilda, 28 " 

 Malady, An Old, 33 



McQuien, Finlay, inquires about London, 82 

 Markets for Cage-birds, 286 

 Marriages, Early, at St. Kilda, 37 

 Marsh Tits, IIow tliey feed their Young, 220 

 Martin's First Exi)eriencc of Gannets, SS 



Fulmar Petrel, 110, 119 



Curious Breeches Story, 123 



Martins, House, Nests, IBS 



„ Late Stay of, 274 



Sand, Nests, 188 



Meeting, A Farewell, 128 



Men, Clever or Cowardly, 132 



Merlin's Nest, 141 



Message from the Sea, 5 



Mice utilising Old Birds' Ne.sts, 192] 



Migratinii ,,f liinls, -JSlt, 292 



Milking a lligliland CdW on board ship, 311 



Minister and Medicine Man, 33 



Ministers as Pidinise. Breakers, 324 



Mistaken Identity, 42 



Mistakes of Decoy-men, .305 



Moorhen, Curious Accident to, 228 



Sparc Nest of, 18(1 



Mortality amongst Babes at St. Kilda, 33 



,, Sea-Binis, 258 



Moth, Photographing a, 247 



Motor Cars, First Hun to liriglit.m of, 275 

 Music of the liiigiiipes, 37 



of St. Kildans, 30 



Natural History, Increasing Inteiest in, 194 



Nature, How to study, 334 



Negatives, Rush to save, 131 



Nerves, Ell'ect of Danger on, 9S 



Nest, Accident to a Bird whilst Imildiiig, 184 



Birds sharing a, 194 



ihiilding (il Solan (ieese, -'iW 



(Jommoii Wren's, 184, 18ii 



