INDEX. 



283 



Grebes, 231, 248, 250 



Eared, 248 ; great crested, 248 



Little, 248 ; red-necked, 248 



. Sclavonian, 248 



Greenfincli, 135 

 Green Plover, see Peewit 

 Green Sandpiper, 84, 236 

 Greenshank, 84, 235-6, 247 

 Grey-backed Crow, 95, 104, 144, 268 

 Grey Geese, 171, cliap. xxv. p. 206 

 Grey-hen, 36, 93, 121-2 (sec also ' Black- 

 game ') 

 Grey-lag Goose, 75, 211 

 Grey Plover, 235-6, 238, 245-6 

 Grey Wagtail, 8, 19, 28, 29, 77, 108 

 Grouse, 29, 41, 44, 54, 59, 85, 101, 133 



burrowing in snow, 136 



only feed once a day, 62-4 



perciiiLg on trees, 137 



Grouse-disease, chap. ix. p. 65 

 Grouse-shooting, 59 et seq., 110 et seq. 

 Gulls, 27, 36, 127, 149, 159 

 Gull, Black-headed, 8, 24, 35, 72, 127 

 Guaning-punts, 272 



among ice, 167 



danger of, 271 et seq. 



H. 



Half-truths, danger of, 208 



Hard weather on the coast,164,e<se2., 167 



on the fells, 133 e< seq. 



eflfect on Blackgame, 93 



effect on man, 168 



effect on wildfowl, 167, 196 



Haunts and habits of wildfowl, chaps. 

 xix.-xx., pp. 155, 1G2 



Heather-bui-ning, 5, 66 



Hedgehope, 55 



Hen Harrier, 66, 106-7 



Hermit Crab, 269 



Heron, 33, 126, 135 



Holy Island, 56 



Hooded Merganser, 222 



Hooper, 166 



Humble Bee, 29 



I. 



Ice at Sea, formation of, 165-6 



"Ill-luck," so-called, 203 



Incrrrsions, irregular, of scarce birds, 44, 



47 

 Influx of wildfowl in March, 1886, 258 



et seq. 

 Instinct, 3, 37, 120, 122 



at fault, 19, 265-6 



Intolerance, undue, 126 



Jackdaw, 36, 78 

 Jacksnipe, 25, 79, 80, 135 

 Jarrow Slake, 156 

 June on the coast, 234 



K. 



Kelts, 32 



Kitty Wren, 84, 126, 135 



Knot, 18, 78, 173, 236, 245, 254, 262 



L. 



Landrail, 8, 77 



Langlee-ford, 54 



Lapland, 31, 40, 70, 178, 212. 235 



Last day of wildfowling, chap, xxxv., p. 



276 

 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2S, 36, 127 

 Lesser White-fronted Goose, 212 

 Lindisfarne, 56 

 Little Auk, 109, 231 

 Little Grebe, 248 

 Little Stint, 236 

 Long-eared Owl, 20. 21, 144 



Long-tailed Duck, 75, 226-7, 229 



Loose writing, strictures on, 206, 224 



Loughs, Moorland, 94 



" Luff," cutting out wildfowl by a, 228 



M. 



Mallard (see chap, xxi., p. 169) 



. 5, 19, 29, 45, 51, 100, 134, 262 



Marismas, Spanish, 18, 39, 112, 211 

 Merganser, Hooded, 222 



, Red-breasted, 75, 97, 220 et seq. 



Merlin, 66, 108 



