INDEX 



297 



MacGillivray cited, 65, 87-8, 93, 



146, 162, 198, 256 

 Martins, scarcity of, 13 

 May Island, ptarmigan on, 64 

 Meadow pipit, 206 

 Merganser, 170 

 Merlin, 72 



Merrick, ptarmigan on, 128 

 Millais, J. G., cited, 111, 115, 116, 



118, 121 

 Missel thrushes, eagles chased by, 



31 

 Moine Mhor, 201 

 Monadh Liath Mountains, 229 

 Morven, golden plovers on, 205 

 Mullet hawk, see Osprey 

 Mussel picker, see Oyster catcher 



Norway, ptarmigan in, 116 



Orkney, sea eagles exterminated 



in, 142 

 Osprey (Fishing eagle, Fish hawk, 



Mullet hawk) : 

 Collectors' destruction of, 52, 59- 



60 

 Description of, 61-2 

 Distribution of, 60-1 

 Eggs of, 57 ; incubation period 



for, 58 

 Eyrie of, 53 

 Fight between two, 62 

 Food of, 56, 58 

 Haunts of, growing fewer, 51 

 Hunting method of, 56-9 

 Migratory habit of, 52 

 Nesting habits of, 57 

 Nesting sites to be provided for, 



suggested, 55 

 Salmon-catching done with, 61 

 Young of, 58-9 

 Oyster catcher : 

 Description of, 246 

 Eggs of, 242 ; mcubation of, 244 

 Flight and song of, 244 



Oyster catcher {continued) : 

 Food of, 245 ; feeding times, 



246 

 Habits of, 243 

 Haunts of, 241, 242, 244 ; flood 



havoc in, 243 

 Names of, 241 

 Nests of, 242 

 Young of, 245 



Partridge, mountain, see Ptarmi- 

 gan 

 Pennant cited, 36 

 Peregrine falcon : 



Description of, 70 



Distribution of, 69 



Eggs of, 65 



Eyries of, 65 



Falconry, used for, 69-70 



FHght of, 64, 67-9, 210 



Food of, 64 



Habits of, 66 



Male and female compared, 66,68, 

 70 



Nesting of, 65, 67 



Persecution of, 63, 66 



Ravens' relations with, 65 



Value of, 70 



Young of, 67 

 Phelonites strobilina, 88 

 Plover, golden : 



Compared with lapwing, 203, 

 204, 205-7 ; with dotterel, 209, 

 215 



Cry of, 200, 203 



Description of, 212-13 



Distribution of, 211 



Eggs of, 204 



Flight of, 202, 210 



Food of, 206 



Haunts of, 201 



Legends regarding, 200 



Migration of, 211-12 



Nesting sites of, 202-3, 205, 215 ; 

 nest, 204 ; second nesting, 206, 

 209 



