INDEX. 



261 



Midges in Scotland, 232 

 Miller, Hugh, 107 

 Moles, Strength of, 176 



,, Popular notion respecting, ib. 

 Moorhens, destructive to fish-spawn, 



51 

 Lofty flight of, at night, 



218 



Mortality among sea-birds, 235 

 Mushrooms not eaten by Highlanders, 



136 

 Mussels, 74 



in Loch Creran, 80 

 My Schools and Schoolmasters, 107 



N. 



New Forest, 21 



Wood Pigeons attracted 



to, for beech-mast, 200 

 Nightingale, Murder of, in Devon- 

 shire, 209 



"Norway Widgeons," 197 

 Nurse, 83 



Nuts and Nutshells on Down, 222 

 Nympkosolis, 149 



O. 



Odynerus parietinus, 145 



Overalls, 99 



Oyster-Catcher, 233 



Oysters, 81 



Owl, Barn, harmless as regards Game, 



248 

 Ox-bird, 206 



P. 



Parrots, Anecdotes of, 162 et seq. 



Partridge, Anecdote, of 156 



Disease among young, 231 

 , , Disposition of egg-shells of, 

 167 



Peewit, 215 

 Pelopaeus flavipes , 148 

 Peregrine Falcons, Breeding of, 195 

 Perch in ponds near Brussels, 43 



taken with fly, 54 

 Phalarope, Rednecked, 203 

 Pheasant, Disposition of egg-shells, 

 167 



Hatching by, 169 



Himalayan, 168 



Small eggs of, 169 



White, 168 

 Phcenicura tithys, 204 

 Pigeon, Wood, 154 

 Pike survived by his dinner, 256 

 Plectrophanes nivalis, 204 

 Plover, Grey, 206 



Golden, ib. 

 Polery, Loch, 118, 120, 127 

 Pompilns, 146 

 Potamogeton crispum, 229 

 " Puddock-stools," 137 

 Puffins, suffering from disease, 235 



Quail, 219 



R. 



Rail, Land, 218 



Large bags of, 219 

 Rats, Good haul of, 239 



in a fix, 239 

 Ravens, subject to fits, 246 



Superstitious respect for, 247 

 Red-necked Phalarope, 203 

 Redstart, Black, 204 



Common, ib. 

 Ring Dotterel, 206, 233 

 Rings for Rod, 6, 7 

 Roach, Increase of weight in, 467 



Tameness of, 51 

 Robins, Tameness of, 152 



fascinated by human eye, 182 



