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TOPOGRAPHICAL INDEX. 



Longformacus, Grouse formerly very 

 scarce, xxii.; Whinchat, 42 ; Red- 

 start, 4S ; Meadow Pipit, 113; 

 Snow-Bunting, 190 ; Jackdaw's 

 Craig, 208 ; Parish Rook Report, 

 232 ; Nightjar, 259 ; Great 

 Spotted Woodpecker, 263 ; Sea 

 Eagle, 308. 



Lomiformacus House, Dipper's nest, 

 87 ; Starlings taking possession 

 of dovecot, 19-i. 



Lovers' Tryste, Long-Eared Owl, 288. 



Lowrie's Knowes, 41. 



Lucjgy. Siskin, 153 ; Lesser Redpoll, 

 173. 



Lumsden Dean, Blackbird feasting 

 on ivy berries, 29. 



Lumsden Moss, haunt of Sedge 

 Warbler, 77. 



Lylestone, Brambling, 167. 



Maines, rookery, 222. 



Makerston, xiv. 



Manderston, Goldfinch, 149 ; Super- 

 stition about Corbie Stone curing 

 disease in cattle, 242. 



Marchmont, effects of severe winter 

 on Song Thrush, 5 ; migration of 

 Swallow, 138 ; Starlings roosting 

 in evergreens, 193 ; sex of Star- 

 lings roosting in evergreens during 

 nesting season, 194 ; Jay, 201 ; 

 Magpie — Pyotknowes, 204 ; 

 Rookery Report, 220 ; Sea Eagle 

 shot, 309. 



Mary gold, Twite, 174. 



Meikle Laio, xxi. 



Mellerstain, Dotterel in former 

 times, xxii.; Jackdaw stealing a 

 will, 209 ; Rooks roosting at 

 rookery at night in winter, 220 ; 

 Rookery, 225 ; Kingfisher on 

 lake, 270 ; Barn Owl's nest in 

 chimney, 282 ; Buzzard, 302. 



Merse, xv. ; a resort of the Great 

 Bustard in ancient times, xvii. ; 

 King James iv. visiting with his 

 falconers, xviii. ; surface trans- 

 formed, xix. ; formerly covered to 

 a large extent with heather, xxi. ; 

 Blackbird, 27 ; Whinchat, 42 ; 

 Garden Warbler, 63 ; Linnet, 

 168; Cuckoo, 274; Hen-Harrier, 

 296. 



Mersington, rookery, 226. 



Merton, xiv. ; Sedge Warbler, 77 ; 

 Goldfinch, 150 ; Siskin, 153 ; 

 Magpie, 203; Parish Rook Re- 

 port, 233 ; Nightjar, 260 ; King- 

 fisher on Tweed, 267. 



Middlestots Bog, remains of Beaver 

 found, xvi. 



Millbank, Kingfisher on the Eye, 

 270. 



Mlllburn, Rooks roosting in trees at 

 night in winter, 220. 



Milljield, Merton, Goldfinch, 150. 



Milne Graden, Ring Ouzel seen, 34 

 Golden-Crested Wren's nest, 66 

 Sedge Warbler, 77 ; Spotted Fly 

 catcher nesting in tea-cup, 132 

 Jackdaw, 207 ; rookery, 224 

 Rooks prognosticating change in 

 weather, 237 ; Great Spotted 

 Woodpecker, 262; Wryneck seen, 

 265 ; Kingfisher on Tweed, 267 ; 

 Barn Owl, 280, 284 ; severe 

 winter of 1860-61, 283 ; Tawny 

 Owl hooting during the day, 

 293. 



Monynut, Grouse formerly very 

 scarce, xxiii. ; Great Spotted 

 Woodpecker shot, 262. 



Moorhovse, Laverock Laiv, 255. 



Mordington, xiii., xiv. ; Starlings 

 roosting in evergreens, 193 ; 

 Parish Rook Report, 232 ; Raven, 

 240 ; great flocks of Skylarks, 

 253 ; Great Spotted Woodpecker, 

 262 ; Hoopoe, 272. 



Mordington Moor, Short-eared Owl, 

 289. 



Muirside, Coldingham, Raven peck- 

 ing out sheep's eyes, 246 ; Hen- 

 Harrier's nest, 299. 



Nabdean^ Sedge Warbler, 76; Grass- 

 hopper Warbler heard, 79 ; Great 

 Titmouse, 91 ; Lesser Redpoll, 

 173 ; Carrion Crow stealing young 

 chickens, 211 ; depredations of 

 Rook, 219 ; Buzzard, 303. 



Xenthorn, Parish Rook Report, 233. 



Netherhyres, Waxwing caught, 129 ; 

 Raven, 247. 



New Mills, Lauderdale, Brambling, 

 167. 



Ninecairn Edge, xxi. 



