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TOPOGRAPHICAL INDEX. 



Duns, effects of winter 1878-79 on 

 Song Thrush, 5 ; cream-coloured 

 Blackbird, 28 ; Nuthatch killed, 

 100 ; Pied Flycatcher shot, 133 ; 

 superstition about Magpie in 

 former times, 203 ; Parish Rook 

 Report, 225 ; popular rhyme con- 

 cerning Corbies, 241 ; Hoopoe 

 killed by Cat, 271 ; Barn Owl 

 nesting in Town Hall, 281 ; 

 Buzzard captured near, 302. 



Duns Castle, Redstart common, 48 ; 

 Chiffchaff, 69 ; Waxwing shot, 

 130 ; Siskin, 153 ; Lesser Red- 

 poll, 173; Jay killed, 201. 



Duns Castle Lake, Sedge Warbler's 

 haunt, 77. 



Dye Cotttage, Ring Ouzel feeding on 

 rowans, 34 ; Wheatear on road 

 from Wedderlie, 37 ; Sand Mar- 

 tin's nest, 145; Jay killed, 201. 



Dye Water, sources of, xxi. ; Ring 

 Ouzel found near upper streams, 

 33 ; Redstart in birch woods, 48 ; 

 a favourite resort of Willow Wren, 

 71 ; haunt of Water Ouzel, 86 ; 

 its nest, 87 ; Grey Wagtail, 111 ; 

 Sand Martins, 145 ; flock of 

 Twites, 175 ; Jackdaw's Craig, 

 208 ; Kingfisher, 270. 



Dyhegateliead, popular belief about 

 "Hoodie," 213. 



Eaglehall, 310. 



Earlston, Brambling, 167 ; Siskin, 

 173; Bullfinch, 176; Reed-Bunt- 

 ing, 187 ; Snow-Bunting, 190 ; 

 Parish Rook Report, 225. 



Earlston Blackhill, Ring Ouzel, 34. 



Earnsheugh, near St. Abb's Head, 

 the highest cliff on eastern sea- 

 board of Great Britain, xxiv., 

 XXV. ; Raven's nest, 246 ; Hen- 

 Harrier breeding, 299 ; name de- 

 rived from Sea Eagle, 310. 



Earnscleugh Glen, Ring Ouzel's nest, 

 35 ; Sea Eagle, 308. 



Earnscleugh Rig Hill, name appa- 

 rently derived from Sea Eagle, 310. 



Earnscleugh Water, Sea Eagle, 310. 



Earnslaw, 310. 



Earnslaiv, Piperton Hill, arrival of 

 Whinchat, 41 ; haunt of Stone- 

 chat, 45. 



East Blanerne, Sand Martin, 145 ; 

 Brambling, 167 ; Mr. Blackadder's 

 Report on rookeries in neighbour- 

 hood, 221, 222 ; Kingfisher on 

 Billie Burn, 269. 



Easter Harelaw, Walter Chisholm, 

 45. 



East-Lothian, xiii. 



East Mains, Lauder, flock of Gold- 

 finches, 149, 150. 



Eccles, Missel Thrush very rare in 

 former times, 8 ; White's Thrush 

 killed in pai'ish, 22 ; Pied Black- 

 bird, 29 ; Great Grey Shrike, 123, 

 124 ; occurrence of Pine Gros- 

 beak, 178 ; Parish Rook Report, 

 225, 226 ; Sea Eagle, 308. 



Ecklaiv, Cuckoo, 274. 



Ede7i Water, sources of, xxi. 



Edgarhope Wood, Rookeiy, 230 ; 

 Raven trapped, 247 ; Great 

 Spotted Woodpecker killed, 262 ; 

 Meadow Pipit feeding young 

 Cuckoo, 275 ; Rough-Legged Buz- 

 zard caught, 305. 



Edington Mains, Missel Thrush 

 scarce long ago, 8 ; Great Grey 

 Shrike, 123 ; flocks of Snow- 

 Buntings, 190 ; Starling very rare 

 in beginning of this century, 192 ; 

 Raven's nest at " Blue Braes," 

 245 ; Mr. Wilson's description of 

 Merse, 296. 



Edingtonhill Wood, Great Spotted 

 Woodpecker shot, 262. 



Edington Mill, Siskin, 153 ; Lesser 

 Redpoll, 173. 



Edmonsdean, Whinchat breeds, 42 ; 

 also Pied Wagtail, 109. 



Edrington Mill, Martin breeds on 

 stee}) rock, 142 ; banks of Whit- 

 adder frequented by Goldfinches, 

 150; Raven's Knowe, 242. 



Edrington Castle. Jackdaw, 207 ; 

 Barn Owl, 281. 



Edrom, remains of Red Deer found 

 in parish, xv. ; Wood Wren, 

 74; Parish Rook Report, 226, 

 227. 



Eildon Hills, xv. 



Elbaiv, Kingfisher's nest, 269. 



Ellemford, Whinchat, 43 ; Stone- 

 chat, 45. 



Ercildoun, xiv. 



