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HILL BIRDS OF SCOTLAND 



Curlew (continued) : 

 Distribution of, 190 

 Edibility of, 189 

 Eggs of, 182, 184 

 Food of, 185 

 Haunts of, 184-5 

 Migration of, 179-80, 187 

 Names of, 188 

 Nest of, 182 ; site, 184 ; altitude 



of nesting, 201 

 Note of, 82, 179, 181, 186-7, 189 

 Superstitions regarding, 187 

 Young of, 185-6 ; description of, 

 191 



Deer calf, an abandoned, 231-2 

 Dipper (water ouzel) : 

 Description of, 266 

 Distribution of, 266 

 Eggs of, 262 

 Experiments as to alleged fish 



destruction by, 263 

 Flight of, 264 

 Food of, 263 

 Haunts of, 260 



Movements of, under water, 263-4 

 Nest of, 261 ; nesting sites, 261-2 

 Pairing of, 262 

 Song of, 260 

 Young of, 262, 265 

 Dotterel : 

 Cry of, 218 

 Description of, 234 ; female, 



239-40 

 Distribution of, 238 ; in former 



times, 214-15 

 Eggs of, 222, 226-7 

 Flight of, 225-6 

 Male, habits of, 222, 226-7 

 Mating of, 222 

 Migration of, 216, 238 

 Name, derivation of, 214 

 Nest of, 222-3 ; nesting sites, 



215, 216, 225 

 Note of, 230-1 

 Plover compared with, 209 

 Yoiuig of, 219, 221, 237 



Dresser cited, 57 

 Dunlin : 



Description of, 292 



Distribution of, 291-2 



Flight of, 289 



Haunts of, 285-6 



Nest and eggs of, 285, 287 



Nestmg plumage of, 286 



Notes of, 286 



Snipe compared with, 289, 291 



Young of, 290 



Eagles (see also Bald-headed eagle, 

 Black eagle. Golden eagle. Sea 

 eagle) : 



Deer attacked bj', 31-3 



Eggs of, 17, 29 ; incubation 

 period, 15 



Enemies of, 30-1, 78, 86, 95 



EjTies of — building of, 14 flf. ; 

 sites of, 16, 19 ; structure of, 

 17 ; elevation of, 18 ; rotation 

 of, 25 ; small birds near, 29 



Female, habits of, 25 



Fights between, 34 



Flight of, 4-5 



Gaelic narrative of, 34 



Highland theories as to, 34 



Hunting method of, 8-11 



Lambs destroyed by, 23, 41, 46, 

 47 



Longevity of, 30 



]\Iating of, 5 



Plumage of, 16 



" Third eyelid " of, 3^ 



Trapping of, rare, 33 



Young of, see Eaglets 

 Eaglets : 



Description of, 39 



Disappearance of one nestling, 

 common, 25 



Flight of, 26-8 



Food of, 13-14, 20 



Number and sex of, 17 



Plumage of, 20, 23, 29-30 



Parents' attitude towards, 24, 28 



Tamability of, 21 



