INDEX 



295 



Erne, see Sea eagle 



Eunach, Loch, 166 



Evans' History of Wales cited, 35 



Eyess a term for peregrine, 70 



Falcon, connotation of term, 70 

 Fame Islands, oyster catchers in, 



243 

 Fish hawk. Fishing eagle, see Osprey 

 Foxes, hill, 109-10, 117, 220; 



eagle's fight w-ith, 12 

 Fulmar petrel, 50 



Gaick, forest of : 



Eagles in, 38, 86 



Oyster catchers in, 241 



Ptarmigan in, 123 



Ravens in, 86 



Snipe in, 166 

 Gannet, habits of, 13 

 Golden eagle : 



Description of, 39 



Destruction of, in 19th century, 

 34-5 



Distribution of, 35-8 



Exclusiveness of, 26 



Falconry, used for, 38 



Female of, 18 



Flight of, 2 



Food of, 10-11, 13-14, 22 



Habits of, 6 



Red deer attacked by, 31-2 



Robbery of eggs from, by hoodie 

 crows, 19-20 



Sea eagle distinguished from, 39- 

 40 



Size of, 38-9 

 Goosander : 



Description of, 178 



Distribution of, 177-8 



Fish destroyed by, 169-70 



Food of, 177 



Mating of, 177 



Merganser compared with, 170-1 



Migration of, 178 



Goosander {continued) 



Nest of, 170, 172 



Nesting of, 170-1 



Young of, 175 

 Grampians, dotterel in, 215 

 Greenshank : 



Description of, 199 



Distribution of, 192, 198-9 



Eggs of, 194 



Food of, 198 



Hardiness of, 193 



Haunts of, 195-6 



Male, habits of, 198 



Migration of, 198 



Nesting of, 193-4 



Note of, 196-7 

 Grey crow (hoodie crow) : 



Call of, 97 



Carrion crow distinct from, 93 



Description of, 99 



Distribution of, 99 



Eagles mobbed by, 30, 95 



Egg-stealing by, 20, 96, 109 



Eggs of, 94 



Flight of, 98 



Nest and nesting of, 93^ 



Persecution of, 91-2 



Raven confused with, 96 ; com- 

 pared with, 98 



Scavenging by, 96 

 Griffon vultures, 37 

 Grouse, black, see Black game 

 Grouse, mountain, see Ptarmigan 

 Grouse, red : 



Ancestry of, 137 



Diseases of, 66-7, 144-5 



Eagles' pursuit of, and depreda- 

 tions amongst, 9, 10 



Eggs of, 143 ; exposure withstood 

 by, 140-2 ; snowfalls as affect- 

 ing, 140-1 ; stolen by hoodies, 

 92 



Elevation where found, 138 



Enemies of, 147 



Flight of, compared with black 

 game's, 134 



Food of, 147 



