WILD SPORTS OF THE. HIGHLANDS 



CHAPTER X. The Eagle:habits; greediness; anecdotes of; kill- 

 ing Eagles; trapping; food of —The Peregrine Falcon :nianner of 

 hunting — Tame Falcon :anecdotes of — Guinea-hen and Ducks — 

 The Osprey — The Kite:trapping —The Buzzard:nests and habits 

 of ........ p(tgi 129 



CHAPTER XI. The Hen-Harrier:destructiveness to game; female 

 of — Trapping — The Sparrowhawkxourage of; ferocity; nest — The 

 Kestrehutility of — The Merlin :boldness — The Hobby — Increase of 

 Small Birds ........ 143 



CHAPTER XII. The Otter:habits —Catching of— Shooting— At- 

 tachment to each other — Anecdotes — Fish killed by . . . 153 



CHAPTER XIII. Weasels— Ferrets :their fierceness — Anecdotes- 

 Food of Weasels — Manner of Hunting for Prey:the Stoat — Change 

 of Colour — Odour of — Food of — Their catching Fish:Polecat — The 

 Marten Cat — Habits — Trapping — Eating Fruit — Activity of:different 

 Species ......... 161 



CHAPTER XIV. Anecdotes and Instinctof Dogs— Anecdotes of Re- 

 triever — Shepherds' Dogs — Sagacity — Dogs and Monkey — Bulldog 

 —Anecdotes of Shooting a Stag — Treatment of Dogs . . . 173 



CHAPTER XV. Increase of Wood-pigeons and other Birds — Service 

 to the Farmer of these Birds — Tame Wood-pigeons :food of — The 

 Turtle-Dove — Blue Rock-pigeons — Caves where they Breed — Shoot- 

 ing at the Rocks near Cromarty ..... 189 



CHAPTER XVI. Wild Ducks:edible kinds of —Breeding-places of 

 Mallards — Change of Plumage — Shooting — Feeding-places — Half- 

 bred Wild Ducks — Anas glacialis — Anas clangula:\i2iiM.i of — Teeth 

 of Goosander — Cormorants — .'\necdotes .... 203 



CHAPTER XVI I. Birds that come in Spring— The Pewitrpugnacity; 

 nests of; cunning — Ring-Dotterel — Redshank — Oyster-Catcher: 

 food; swimming of; nest — Curlew — Redstart — Swallows, iS-'c. . 219 



CHAPTER XVIII. Sheldrake :nest; food — Teahbreeding-places; 

 Anecdotes — Landrail :arrival of — Cuckoo — Nightjar:habits of — 

 Quail — Grebe:arrival; account of nest and young — Bald Coot — 

 Water- Hen — Water- Rail . . . . . .231 



