GENERAL INDEX. 



589 



Magpies, snaring of, 269. 



Maigre, the, 472. 



Mallard, the, 270, 340 ; its aversion 

 to water, 341. 



Mallard Drake, shooting of the, 

 277. 



Mallard trap, the, 289. 



Marbled Seal, 396 ; its love for its 

 offspring, 397 (see Seals). 



Marstrand, fortress of, 306 ; town of, 

 307 ; its harbour, 310. 



Merganser, the, 270 ; shooting of, 

 355. 



Migrations from the Fjalls, 148, 149 ; 

 of the Woodcock, 196 et' seq. ; 

 always nocturnal, 199 ; of the 

 Solitary Snipe, 225 et seq. ; of 

 the Jack Snipe, 238 ; of the 

 Krams-foglar, 244 ; of wild fowl, 

 271. 



Migratory Game Birds, 10, 11, 77. 



Missel Thrush, the, 243, 246. 



Moonlight, otter-shooting by, 384. 



Morkull-drag(of the Woodcock), 191. 



" Morkulla," Swedish name of the 

 Woodcock, 181. 



Mosquitoes, a deadly pest, 135. 



Moulting of the Dal-Ripa, 124 ; of 

 the Fjall-Ripa, 140. 



Mountain-ash berries, 255. 



Mullet, the Grey, 481 ; the Thick- 

 lipped, ib. 



Myxiue, the, 567 ; its habits, 567, 

 568. 



N. 



NATUKALISTS, their love of splitting 

 hairs and inventing species for 

 their own glorification, 14w. 



Nesting of the Jack Snipe, 237. 



Nets for catching the Partridge, 1 70, 

 171 ; for catching Otter, 383. 



Nils Bagge, epitaph to the memory 

 of, 308. 



Norway, anecdote of travellers to, 



156. 



Norway Haddock, the, 470. 

 Ny-Byggare, Finnish, 287. 



O. 



ODMAN, Eev. J., his history of Bohus- 



Liin, 458. 

 Olof Tryggweson, king of Norway, 



298 ; his royal wrongs and unfor- 

 tunate end, 298, 299. 

 Opah, the, 478 ; its habitat, ib. 

 Orre - Benne, a simple device for 



capturing the Black-Cock, 101, 



102. 



Orre-Lek, the, 87. 

 Orre-Tratt, a trap for catching the 



Black-Cock, 98 et seq. 

 Otter, its characteristics and habits, 



372, 373 ; its track on the snow, 



374 ; preys on adult water-fowl, 



375 ; caught in the act, 376 ; value 

 of its akin, 377 ; easily domesti- 

 cated, 378 ; then caters for itself, 

 379 j and for its owner, 380 ; mode 

 of hunting it, 38 1 ; otter-nets, 383 ; 

 otter-shooting by moonlight, 384; 

 traps for catching the, 385 ; the 

 Pansar-Nat, 386; the Keiller 

 otter-trap, 387. 



Owls versus Hawks, 268. 

 Oyster-catcher, 270. 



P. 



PAIRING of the Black-Cock, 78, 81 ; 

 of the Woodcock, 192. 



Pairing-grounds of the Capercali, 19, 

 20, 25 ; shooting Capercali at the, 

 37 et seq. ; shooting Black-Cock 

 at the, 85 ; of the Solitary Snipe, 

 228. 



