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TOPOGRAPHICAL INDEX. 



North Berwick Law, 281. 



North Cltiujh, Coot, 205. 



North Falaknoirt, Wild Geese, 70. 



NorthumherlaniJ, Shoveller breed- 

 ing, 108 ; Tufted Duck breeding, 

 118; migration, 327. 



Norlhii)nhe)-/nii(! Coasf, 100. 



Oak ]\^ood mar J'eiimaiishit/, Wood- 

 cock nesting, 237. 



0/(1 Boiuid I'oad near Paxton, Poch- 

 iird shot on Whitadder, 116. 



Uldramhns, Peregrine Falcon, 2 ; 

 Kestrel, 25 ; Common Heron, 40 ; 

 Rock Dove, 140 ; effects of wet 

 summer on Partridges, 186 ; Moor 

 Hen, 203; 213; 218; Green 

 Sandpiper frequenting Dean, 

 252 ; Common Redshank on coast, 

 254 ; Curlew on shore, 260 ; Black- 

 headed Gull leaving coast in 

 spring, 209; 279; Herring Gull 

 feeding on fragments of bottle- 

 nosed whale, 282 ; Avays of catch- 

 ing Gulls with hooks, 284 ; 289 ; 

 Razor Pills washed asliore in 

 severe winter of 1878-79, 296 ; 

 Great Northern Diver found on 

 shore, 309 ; ornithological observ- 

 ations, 329. 



Oldcamhus and Corlchurnsjiath 

 Parish, Red Grouse in 1835, 164. 



0/ilcamJnis Ea.-it Jfaliis, arrival of 

 Woodcock, 234. 



0/d Camp at Miliit Oradtii, Common 

 Corncrake, 31. 



Oldcadles, 54 ; Pillie Mire, 60, 61. 



Old Craw Ha\ Osprey, 28. 



Old Grcenlaiv, Wild Geese, 80. 



OldhamMocks, Dotterel, 218. 



Oldhamstorks Parish ( detached ) re- 

 ])ort on \\"\\A Geese, 84 ; Red 

 Grouse, 104 ; Common Quail, 190 ; 

 Common Quail nesting on Spring- 

 field Farm, East Lothian, 191. 



out JJcroiiri/ Wood, Paxton, Com- 

 mon Heron, 45 ; Stock Dove's 

 nest, 141 ; Woodcock, 235. 



Olister ])id>, Connnon Heron, 43. 



Orkney, Falconry, 13; Dotterel 

 nesting, 211 ; Whimbrel, 203. 



Orleans, France, Common Quail, 192. 



Orerhowden, \Vild Geese, 73. 



Oxton, occurrence of Storm Petrel, 

 321. 



Park, 218. 



" Patie's J'at," pool onthe Whitadder, 

 Peregrine Falcon's nest, 5. 



Paxfon, Crow Dean Woorl, Merlin, 

 21 ; Finchy, Merlin, 21 ; Common 

 Cormorant, 31 ; Common Heron, 

 35 ; Wild Swans on the Tweed, 97 ; 

 Sheldrake on the Tweed, 100 ; 

 Teal on the Tweed, 111 ; \\'igeon 

 on Tweed, 113; Pochard onTweed, 

 115 ; Tufted Duck on Tweed, 118 ; 

 Scaup Duck on Tweed, 119; Long- 

 tailed Duck on Tweed, 122 ; Eider 

 Duck on Tweed, 124 ; Common 

 Scoter on Tweed, 120 ; Ring Dove 

 feeding on beechnuts, 133 ; migra- 

 tion of Cushats, 133 ; Shooting 

 Cushats in Wester Park, 133 ; 

 Wood Pigeon feeding on young 

 leaves of beech tree, 138 ; Pigeon 

 nesting near house, 139 ; popular 

 saying comparing frost-rime to 

 White Pigeon, 150; 155: Pheasant 

 shooting, 174 ; Common Quail, 

 191 ; Landrail, 194 ; Moor Hen's 

 nest in wooden spout, 203 ; fav- 

 ourite retreats of \Voodcock, 235 ; 

 Woodcock shooting, 237 ; Red- 

 throated Diver on Tweed, 311 ; 

 Little Grebe, 319. 



Paxton House, Peregrine Falcon 

 seen, 7 ; Stock Dove's nest, 141, 

 142, 143 ; Green Sandpiper shot, 

 252 ; Greenshank sliot, 250. 



Paxton North 3lains, Greensliank 

 shot, 256. 



Paxton South Mains, Wild Geese, 

 81. 



Pease Burn, Coot, 205. 



Pease Sands, Kittiwake Gull, 290. 



Pech Stane, 55. 



Peelwalls, 273. 



Petty Braes Wood, Dans Castle, 

 Woodcock's nest discovered, 

 238. 



Penmanshiel, Kestrel, 25 ; Wild 

 Geese, 71 ; Wild Goose trapped, 

 71 ; Wild Geese, 74, 75 ; NVood 

 Pigeon, 137; Dotterel, 215, 216; 

 Golden Plover, 221 ; Lapwing, 

 227 ; Woodcock's nest, 238 ; 

 Common Snipe bleating, 242, 

 243 ; Curlew's cry, 259 ; Little 

 Auk found, 305. 



Perthshire, Tufted Duck feeding, 

 118. 



Petticowick Cove, Peregrine Falcon's 

 eyrie, 2. 



Petticowick Harbour, 146; 280; 

 Connnon Guillemot, 298. 



Pickie Moss, Dowie Den Moss, 

 Everett Moss or Legerwood Loch, 



