386 
Oyster Catcher. See Sea-pie 
Ie 
Palace of Truth, Mr. W. S. Gilbert's, 
As played and conceived of at 
Cheltenham, 243 (footnote) 
Peewits, Habit of crouching in young, 6 
which is not shared by adult, 6 
— Relations of, with black-headed gull, 
Io 
Peregrine Falcon, An exaggerated esti- 
mate of, 156 
— Foiled by a partridge, 156; and by 
pigeons, 156, 157; and by a rook, 
158 
Plies aty Refusal of a cock to rise, 44 
— Unsportsmanlike conduct of, in Nor- 
folk, 44 
Pigeons, in a mirage, 36 
— How seen to advantage, 157 
— Coo of, terror of, 158 
— Success of, against peregrine falcon, 
157, 1583 and eagles, 158, 159 
Poet, the modern Christian, His devices 
for speaking the truth, 228, 229 
Porpoise, A large kind of, 83, 84 
Professors, The blood-prayer of, 148 
Puffins, Pursued by arctic skua, 133 
— Rapid flight of, 133 
— Picked remains of, frequent, 136, 24.2 
— Enemies of, 136, 137 
— Great difference between young and 
old, 150 
— Note of, 154, 155 
— Impassive spectators, 169 
— Lover-like actions of, 240 
— Playfulness of, 240 
— Sympathy shown by, 240, 241 
— Mischances that may befall, 242 
— Tendency of, to fight in mélées, 242 
— Marvellous beak of, 243 ; resembling 
a false nose used in amateur per- 
formance of The Palace of Truth 
at Cheltenham, 243 (footnote) 
— Legs of, how coloured, 243, 244 
— New sensation given by, 244 
— Enormous numbers of, 244, 245 
— Are somewhat silent, 245 
— Nuptial display of, 246 
— Male, a large-hearted bird, 246 
— Buccal cavity of, a bright yellow, 246, 
2473 is probably a sexual adorn- 
ment, 247, 248 
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INDEX 
Puffins, Eye of, almost as marked a 
feature as the beak, 299 
— Young, dropped by herring-gull on to 
rocks, 308, 309 
— Many fish brought in at a time by, 
300 ; theory as to how this is done, 
300, 39%, 349 
— Is strongly ritualistic, 313 
— A lecture delivered to, 336-41 
R 
Railways, Absence of, add a charm to 
Sterne and Miss Austen, 193, 194 
— The destroyers of man and nature, 
I 
Rasa wena by arctic skuas, 191, 205 
— None, this time, on the island, 191 
— Battue of, in progress throughout 
the Shetlands, 191 
— Very wary, 194 
— Odd action of, in air, 194 
— Flight of, not majestic, 205 
Razorbill, Apparent habit of constantly 
drinking sea-water, of, 62 
— Bright colouring of buccal cavity, 
of, 127; suggested explanation of, 
129-31 
— Nuptial note and actions of, 127 
Red-throated Diver, A ripple in shape 
of bird, 59 
— Resembles both a grebe and a guille- 
mot, 59 
— Neck of, very beautiful, 59, 60 
— Dives like a grebe, 60, 61 
— Apparent habit of continually drink- 
ing, of, 61 
Right does not exist apart from might, 
348, 349 
Rock Pipit, Arctic skua baffled by a, 10, 
160 
Ss 
Science, Hypocritical cloak of 147 
— Continual slaughter “for the sake of,” 
147 
Scott, Sir Walter, Description of hawk 
chasing heron in The Betrothed, by, 
aes 
Sea Birds, Their apparent habit of con- 
stantly drinking sea-water, 62 ; 
possible explanation of this, 62 
— Power of ejecting excrement to a 
distance, possessed by, 165, 166 
