INDEX 



Long-tailed duck, 211 

 Loon, 353 



Magpie, 104, 124 

 Mallard, 205, 208 

 Marten cat, 36, 134, 169 ct seq.\ two 



kinds of, 172 

 Merlin, 149, 150 

 Mersanger, 214, 215, 421 

 Migration of rats, 105 

 Missel thrush, 121 

 Monkey and dogs, 181 

 Monadh-liath mountains, 289, 300 

 Morillon, 213 

 Mountains, mist on, 45 ; scenery after 



rain, 406 

 Mouse, various kinds of, 100, loi 



Natural history of salmon, 85 



Ness, Loch, 3, 11,28,393 



Nest building, birds', 122 et seq. 



Net fishing, loch, 6 



Netting salmon, 81 



Night fishing, loch, 7 



Nightjar, 238 



Night-lines, 12 



Nocturnal habits, roedeer's, 29 



OsPREY, 138, 326 note 



Otter, 4, 13,82, 126, l<iietseq., 197, 

 200, 299 



0//fr, fishing implement, 15, 16 



Ouzel, ring, 292; rose-coloured, 112; 

 water, 299, 323 et seq. 



Owl, 97 etseq., 297, 421, 422; great- 

 eared, in; long-eared, 97; short- 

 eared, 97; snowy, in; tame, 136; 

 white (or barn), 97, 99 



Oyster-catcher, 124, 222 et seq.., 420 



Partridge, 123, 127, 422, 454 

 Peregrine falcon, 43, 135, 187, 199, 



259, 292, 307 

 Pewit, 124, 221, 222, 257 

 Pheasant, 127 

 Pigeon, wood, 121, 191 et seq., 259, 



423; rock, 194, 197, 198; tame, 423 

 Pike, 6, 16 



Plantations destroyed by roedeer, 21 



Plover, golden, 135, 465 



Poacher, Highland, 41, 63 et seq. 



Pochard, 205 note 



Pointer, 186; crossing with foxhound, 



187 

 Poisoning vermin, 57, 104 

 Polecat, 167 et seq. 

 Pole-trap, 100 

 Ptarmigan, 44 et seq., 49, 77 



Quail, 239 



Rabbit, 125, 461 



Rat, 102 et seq.; Hanoverian, 103; mi- 

 gration of, 105; water, 103 



Rat-catcher, 105 



Raven, 5, 124, 198,423 



Red deer, 40, 47, 125, 132, 183, 277 et 

 ^^9-1 333 etseq., 403, 408, 409; cours- 

 ing, 429 et seq. 



Redshank, 222, 223 



Redstart, 226 



Relugas, 304 



Retriever, 186 



Right of salmon fishings, 83 



Ringdotterell, 124, 222 

 „ ouzel, 292 

 „ tail, 146 



River bailiffs, 87 

 „ trout, 292 



Robin, 419 



Rock pigeon, 194, 197, 198 



Roedeer, 21 et seq., 36, 125, 126, 269, 

 304; fatal shooting accident, 26; 

 taming fawns, 22; nocturnal habits, 

 29 



Ronald, the "bonnie" poacher, 63 



Rose-coloured ouzel, 1 12 



Roseate tern, 329 



Salmon fishing,8 ii?/jf^. ; spearing,86; 



spawn destroyed by water ouzel, 324 

 Salmon-fly, making of, 89 

 Sandhills of Moray, 1 14, 203 ; origin 



of, 265; size of animals on, 266 

 Sand-martin, 229 



„ piper, 225 

 Scaup duck, 205 



