298 



HILL BIRDS OF SCOTLAND 



Plover {continued) : 

 Peregrines' destruction of, 64, 68 

 " Rainbird," the, 202, 206 

 Song ot, 201-2 

 Young of, 205 

 Plover, green, see Lapwing 

 Ptarmigan (mounta'ui partridge) : 

 Cry of, 110, 116 

 Description of, 127 

 Disease amongst, 123 

 Distribution of, 127-8 

 Eagle feared by, 7, 9-10 

 Eggs of, 105 

 Enemies of, 109-10 

 Food of, 111 

 Grouse possibly descended from, 



137 

 Habits of, 105-8, 110-11 

 Haunts of, 100-1 

 Hybrids, 121 

 Mating of, 102 

 Migration of, 122 

 Name of, scientific, inappro- 



priateness of, 110; etymology 



of common name, 118 

 Nest of, 104 

 Packs of, 109, 124 

 Physiological characteristics of, 



115 

 Plumage of, 116-21 ; of northern 



birds, 211-12 

 Shooting of, Booth's accomit of, 



125-7 

 Trapping of, 121-2 

 Weather risks of, 102-3, 107 

 Young of, 107, 109 ; plumage, 



119 

 Puffins, 69 



Eaven (corbie crow) : 

 Description of, 90 

 Destruction of, 77-8 

 Distribution of, 89-90 

 Eagles banished by, 31 

 Eggs of, 84 

 Eyries of, 79-80 



Raven {continued) : 



Flight of, 85 



Food of, 86-7 



Golden eagles mobbed by, 86 



Grey crow confused with, 96 ; 

 compared with, 98 



Habits of, 85 



Heat as affecting, 80 



Legends anent, 88-9 



Longevity of, 89 



Mariners' use of, in ancient times, 

 88 



Nesting of, 77 ; nest and site, 

 84-5 



Notes of, 83 



Pabbay scarecrows, 87 



Peregrines' relations with, 65 



Young of, 85, 90 ; an interesting 

 family, 80-3 

 Red deer : 



Eagles' attacks on, 31 



Fight between stags, 8 

 Red grouse, see Grouse 

 Red hawk, see Kestrel 

 Redshank, 163, 193, 198, 218 

 Redstart, 272 

 Ring ouzel, 71, 72, 79 

 Roebuck and eagle, 32-3 

 Rooks, eagle mobbed by, 31 



St. John's Wild Sport in the High- 

 lands, cited, 13, 157 

 St. Kilda : 



Ptarmigan on, 123 



Sea eagles on, 50 

 Sandpiper : 



Description of, 283 



Dippers' antagonism to, 264 



Distribution of, 282-3 



Eggs of, 282 



FUght of, 279 



Food of, 281 



Habits of, 282 



Haunts of, 280-1 



Note of, 281 



Pairing of, 281 



