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INDEX. 



Grebe, 64, 104. 



Sclavonian, 157, 253. 



the little, 254. 



Greenshank, 233. 



Gribun, 134. 



Grouse, red, 229. 



Grosbeak, green, 224. 



Guillemots, 39, 86, 92, 105-107, 108, 110, 



159, 254, 255, 256. 

 Gull, common, 270. 



black-beaded, 266. 



glaucous, 272. 



grey, 91. 



great black-backed, 267. 



herring, 91, 113, 268. 



lesser black-backed, 91, 267. 



Hares, 72. 



Harrier, common, 213. 



Heron, 101-103, 112, 230. 



Heronries, one of the largest, 174. 



Iona, arrived at, 25. 

 place names of, 275. 



Jackdaw, 51, 117, 221. 



Jura, trip to, in February, 160. 



Kestrel, 52, 62, 211. 

 Killing birds — best way of, 42. 

 Kingfishers, 184. 

 Kittiwake, 270. 



Lapwing, 238. 



London, adventures in, 10. 



M'Vean, Coltn, 23. 



Rev. D., 25. 



Magpie, 185, 222. 



Mallard, 146, 246. 



Martin, 180-182. 



Merganser, red-breasted, 251. 



Merlin, 63, 212. 



Mouse, long-tailed field, 100. 



Mull postmen, 44. 



Naples, 4, 14. 



Osprey, 173, 1S3. 

 Otter, note, 47, 100. 

 Oucliy, 5. 

 Owl's nest, 190. 

 Owl, short-eared, 213. 



snowy, 214. 



white, 213. 



Oyster-catcher, 132-134, 148, 239. 



Paris, 5. 



Peregrine, 63, 210. 



Petrel, 44-50, 71, 93-98, 189, 264. 



Phalarope, grey, 182. 



Pigeon (see Dove). 



Pipit, meadow, 218. 



rock, 218. 



Plover, golden, 40, 121, 148, 238. 



ringed, 40. 



Pochards, 146, 174, 24S. 



Ptarmigan, 229. 



Puffin, 57, 115, 159, 257. 



Rabbits, 72, 100. 



Rats, 73. 



Raven, 55, 61, 76, 165, 219. 



Razorbill, 92, 153, 257. 



Redbreast, 217. 



Redshank, 232. 



Redwing, 121, 215. 



Ring ousel, 216. 



Rook, 189, 222. 



Rome, election of a new pope, 4. 



Sanderlings, 189, 239. 

 Sandpipers, 148, 233, 234. 

 Scaup, 248. 

 ' Scarbh,' the, 27. 

 Scart (see Cormorant). 

 Scimitars, fine temper of, 20. 

 Scoter, 250. 



Seals, 100, 104, 146, 166, 203. 

 Shearwater, 38, 86, 92, 264. 

 Shieldrake, 39, 92, 245. 

 Shrew, common, 99. 

 Skuas, 41, 177, 182, 271. 

 Skylark, 226. 



