INDEX TO NAMES OF BIRDS : BERWICKSHIRE. 321 



113 



162 



36 



41 



57 



57 



57 



65 



65 



71 



85 



108 



108 



116 



141 



168 



280 



183 

 183 

 183 

 183 



IL_INDEX TO PEOVERBS, 



POPULAR RHYMES, SAYINGS AND WEATHER LORE ABOUT BIRDS. 



Carrion Crow : superstitions, 212, 

 213. 



Chaffinch : weather prognostic, 163. 



Cuckoo : Gowk oats, 276 ; Hunt the 

 Gowk, 276 ; rhymes and super- 

 stitions, 277, 278, 279 ; Gowks o' 

 Gordon, 278. 



Gled : name of children's game, 300. 



Linnet : proverb, 169. 



Magpie : rhyme, 203 ; superstitions, 

 203, 204; derivation of "Tale 

 Piet," 206. 



Redbreast : weather prognostics, 

 52, 53 ; superstitions, 53. 



Raven : superstitions, rhymes and 

 proverbs, 240, 241, 242, 243. 



Rook : weather-lore, 235, 237 ; say- 

 ings and rhymes, 236, 238. 

 VOL. L 



Skylark : sayings and weather-lore, 

 251 ; maxime of Archibald, sixth 

 Earl of Angus while at Billie 

 Castle, 251. 



Snow Bunting : weather prognos- 

 tics, 190. 



Stonechat : rhyme, 46. 



Swallow : weather prognostic, 139 ; 

 superstitions, 139, 140 ; saying, 

 140. 



Tawny Owl : formerly regarded as 

 a bird of ill-omen, 293. 



Whitethroat : belief amongst boys, 

 58. 



Wren : belief, 105, 106 ; rhymes, 

 106, 107. 



Yellow Bunting : superstitions, 

 184, 185. 



X 



