WILD SPORTS OF THE HIGHLANDS 



Fly-catcher, 227 



Fly-fishing on lochs, 12 



Fox, 14, 17, 55, 56, 125, 264,266^/^^^.; 



hunting in Highlands, 3S3 et seq. ; 



trapping, 384 

 Foxhound, 23 

 " Fox Hunter, the," 385 

 Freeburn, 299 

 Furness, 303 



Game birds, bills of, 215, 420 

 „ keepers. Highland, 69 

 „ preserves, wood pigeons and, 



195 



Game, mixed bag of, 461 et seq. 



Geese, bean,2 54 ;grey,247, 249; laugh- 

 ing, 247; solan, 326; tame, instinct 

 of, 254 ; wild, 247 etseq. ; white- 

 fronted, 247, 248 



Goats, 199, 303 



Golden eagle, 334, 336 

 „ -eye duck, 213 

 „ plover, 135,465 



Goosander, 2 1 4, 2 1 5, 42 r 



Great-eared owl, 1 1 1 

 „ white-throat, 227 



Grebe, lesser, 240 



Greenfinch, 123,419 



Grey crow, 124, 131 

 „ goose, 247 



Greyhound, 449 



Grouse, 14, 33 et seq.., 424; preserving 

 stock, 41 ; netting, 41 ; difference of 

 colour, 44; poaching, 71 



Guinea fowl, 136 



Gull, 351 et seq.\ black-backed, 138, 

 353' 354; black-headed, 257, 351 ; 

 black-throated, 353; black-toed, 

 356; blue-backed, 355; boatswain, 

 356; loon, 353 



Hang net, 16 

 Hanoverian rat, 103 

 Hair of roe deer, colour changes, 27 

 Hare, white, 77 



Harriers, for roedeer hunting, 23 

 Hawk, 135, 421; Findhom, 135; spar- 

 row, 147, 148, 195. 259 



Hedge sparrow, 419 



Hen harrier, 14, 43, 145, 146 



Heron, 198, 21 5, 257,259,292,307,422; 



feathers for fly-dressing, 199 

 Heronry, Findhorn, 258, 307 

 Highland lochs,3 f/ j^y.; boatmen on, 

 6 ; floating lines for, 9 ; hang net for, 

 16; haunted, 8; net fishing, 6; night 

 fishing, 7; trolling, 10 ; otter on, 15, 

 16 

 Highland fox-hunting, 383 etseq. 

 „ keepers, 69 

 „ poachers, 41, 63, f/j?^.; ac- 

 count of stag hunt, 72 ; 

 and proprietors, 70 

 „ river,fishingrights,8i^/j'('^. 

 ,, shepherds' breakfast, 29 1 ; 

 as poachers, 42, 68, 180 

 „ terrier, 181 

 „ whisky bothy, 339 

 Hobby, 151 



Hooded crow, 137, 195, 221 

 Hoopoe, 112 

 House mouse, loi 

 Hybrid blackcock, 44 



Jackdaw, 197, 308, 455 

 Jacksnipe, 365 



Kestrel, 149, 259, 299 

 Kingfisher, 325 

 Kite, 139, 140 



Lamprey, 93 



Landrail, 236,453; imitating call of, 



466 

 Lapwing, 420 

 Laughing goose, 247 

 Lesser tern, 329 

 Lesser grebe, 240 

 Little white-throat, 123, 227 

 Lizard, 114 

 Loch trout, 6, 9, 11 

 Lochan-na-cailleaich, 37, 39 

 Lochs, fly-fishing on, 12 

 Logie, 305 

 Lomond, Loch, 3 

 Long-eared owl, 97 



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