454 



INDEX 



Hooded crow, 54, 142, 236 

 Hooper, see Wild swan 

 House-martin, 37 

 Houxty, 3, 52, 8i, 82, S3, 84, 85, 98, 



100, 132, 133, 137, 184, 198, 



237, 254 

 Humble-bee, 49, 185 

 Hyperborean quartette, the, 26, 389 



I 



Ice at sea, formation of, 292 

 Icterine warbler, 100 

 Ideal wildfowl resorts, 281, 346 

 Immaturity, where spent, 405 

 Incursions, irregular, of rare birds, 



140 

 Influx of wildfowl in March 1886, 



420 

 Instinct, 245, 430-1 

 at fault, 42-3, 66, 109, 245-6, 376 



J 



Jackdaw, 39, 70, 179 

 Jacksnipe, 54, 196, 263 

 Jay, 84, 148 

 Jutland, 98, 138, 396 (note) 



K 



Kelts, 56, 108 



Kestrel, 31, 119, 184 



Kingfisher, 108-9, l 3&i 254 



Kite, 41, 232 



Knot, 178, 386, 388, 390, 401, 425 



Landrail, 69, 180 

 Langleeford, 113 



Lapland, 26, 80, 173, 265, 307, 351 

 bunting, 131 



Lesser black-backed gull, 34, 50, 71 

 Lesser white-fronted goose, 351 et 



seq. 

 Little auk, 238, 379, 409 

 Little grebe, 221, 408 

 Little stint, 389, 403 

 Lizard, 35 



Local names of wildfowl, 438 

 Long-eared owl, 45, 109, 149 

 Long-tailed duck, 226, 373 

 Loose writing, strictures on, 185, 



345, 368 

 Loughs, moorland, 218 

 " Luff," cutting out wildfowl by a, 



375 



M 



Macoma balthica, 72 

 Magpie, 148 



Mallard, 30, 50, 67, 95, 102, 104, 

 150, 219, 262 ; see Chap. xxv. 

 on Game-Ducks, 297 

 March-browns, 65-6 

 Marsh-harrier, 41, 396 (note). 

 Marsh-samphire, 289 

 Merganser, hooded, 366 



red-breasted, 284, 363 

 Merlin, 73, 119, 199 

 Microcosms, on the mud-flats, 427 

 Migration, autumnal, on the coast, 

 186-7, 384, 386-7 



on the fells, 10, 174 et seq., 190-1, 

 227 et passim 



causes of, 1 8 et seq. 



dangers of, 86 



mallard and wigeon, 305-6 



pigeons, 275-6 



process of, Chap, x., 123 



vernal, Chap. II., 1 1, 25 et passim 



waders, 383 et seq., 387, 392 

 Mild weather, on the fells, De- 

 cember, 259 



