296 



HILL BIRDS OF SCOTLAND 



Grouse, red {continued) : 



Habits of, 144 ; when disturbed, 

 110 



Hybrids, 121, 148 



Mating of, 140 



Migration of, 139 



Moors north of Tweed — esti- 

 mated value of, 137 ; nature 

 of, 138 ; situation of, 139 



Moulting of, 147-8 



Name, origin of, 146 



Nest of, 142 



Notes of, 147 



Peregrines' attacks on, 63^ 



Plumage of, 148 



Ptarmigan contrasted with, 110, 

 124 



Sea eagles' pursuit of, 45-6 



Sub-species of, 137 



Weight of, 146 



Young of, 143-4 

 Grouse, white, see Ptarmigan 

 Grouse, willow, 137, 147 

 Gulls : 



Eggs devoured by, 106, 109, 143 



Habits of, two distinct, 241 



Hares, blue, eagles' pursuit of, 11 

 Heather : 



Altitude reached by, 104 

 Burning of, on grouse moors, 

 145-6 

 Hebrides, golden eagles in, 36 

 Hereditary instinct, 10 

 Heron, ciu-lews' attacks on, 188 

 Hoodie crow, see Grey crow 



Iceland : 



Falcons of, 69, 117 



Golden eagle not found in, 36-7 



Goosanders in, 177 



Kestrel not found in, 75 



Snow bunting in, 258 

 India, peregrine used in, for hawking, 

 69 



Inverliever, black game's depreda- 

 tions at, 134 

 Ireland, golden eagles in, 36 



Kestrel : 



Description of, 76 



Distribution of, 75 



Eggs of, 72 



Flight of, 64 



Food of, 74-5 



Habits of, 72 



Hunting method of, 74-5 



Mice destroyed by, 71, 74 



Migration of, 74 



Nest of, 72 



Titmouse victim of, 274 



Young of, 72 

 Kite, disappearance of, 60 



Lambs preyed on — by sea eagle, 41, 



46, 47 ; by raven, 86 ; by grey 



crow, 92 

 Lapland : 



Goosanders in, 177 

 Peregrines nesting in, 67 

 Ptarmigan-trappmg in, 122 

 Lapwing, 85, 205-6, 245 

 Larig Ghruamach pass, 31-2, 195 

 Lek, 132, 152 

 Leland cited, 35 

 Loch Arkaig, osprey eyrie on, 51, 



55 

 Loch Awe, 51 

 Loch an Eilan, a former osprey 



hamit, 51-4 

 Loch Maree, 51 

 Loch Mhorlich, 53 

 Loch-na-gar, 171 

 Loch of the Willow, 173-5 

 Loch Tay, salmon and ospreys of, 



51 

 Lodge, R. B., cited, 29 

 Long-tailed tit, 273 

 Luzula, 16, 43 



