INDEX 



ACHNASHELLACH, ptarmigan shot at, 



123 

 Aristotle cited, 48 



Bald-headed eagle, 61 



Bass Rock, peregrine on, 69 



Bearded vulture, 37 



Ben Alder, 32 



Ben Chaorin, sandpipers on, 281 



Ben Mac Dhui : 



Heather on, 104 



Ptarmigan on, 101 



Snow bunting on, 256 

 Ben Xevis, ravens on, 85 

 Black eagle : 



Feathers of, worn by chiefs, 1 



Flight of, 3 



Nesting of, 14 

 Black game : 



Description of, 135-6 



Distribution of, 135 



Eggs of, 133 



Fights of, 130-2 



Flight of, 134 



Food of, 134-5 



Haimts of, 13 



Slating of, 132 



Nesting of, 132-3 



Note of, 132 



Peregrines prej'ing on, 65 



Young of, 134 

 Blaeberry, 224-5 

 Booth quoted, 124—7 

 Brown, Harvie, cited, 281 

 Buffon quoted, 256 



Caiengoem Mountains, snow on 

 18 



Cairngorm stones, 217 



Capercaillie : 



Black game ousted by, 132 



Description of, 154-5 



" Display " of, 152 



Distribution of, 150, 154 



Eggs of, 151 



Flight of, 153 



Food of, 153 



Name, derivation of, 150 



Xest of, 151 



Notes of, 152 



Young of, 154 

 Carrion crow, grey crow distinct 



from, 93 

 Cat, eaglets devoured by, 23 

 Cat, wild, scarcity of, 13 

 Chapman, Abel, cited, 28, 31 

 Cinclididee, 264 

 Coal tit, 273 

 Coccidiosis, 144 

 Coire Dhoimdail, 224 

 Coot, peregrines' destruction of, 64 

 Corby, connotation of term, 89 

 Corby crow, see Pvaven 

 Crested titmouse : 



Description of, 276-7 



Distribution of, 268 



Eggs of, 273 



Food of, 273 



Haunts of, 267-8 



Nest of, 269-70, 272 



Note of, 270 ; whistle, 273 



Young of, 274-6 

 I Crewe, Sir John, cited, 214 



Crimea, eagles in, 37-8 

 i Curlew : 



I Description of, 186, 190-1 

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