TOPOGRAPHICAL INDEX. 



375 



164 ; Dotterel in former times, 



211 ; Dotterel in recent vears, 



212 ; Woodcock, 235. 

 Low Bells, Landrail's nest, 196. 

 L' u yjy> Common Heron, 43. 

 Lumsden Moss, Teal, 110. 

 Lumsden Rocks, Peregrine Falcon's 



nest, 5. 

 Lurgie Loch, Common Snipe, 241. 



Magdalen Fields, Falcons at High- 

 land and Agricultural Society's 

 Show in 1841, 3. 



Maggie Shaw's Crockie, 275. 



M anderston, Pheasant shooting, 173 ; 

 Partridge shooting, 183. 



MarchmoiU, Common Heron, 44, 

 86 ; Wild Geese shot at the Hule 

 Moss, 87; Tufted Duck killed, 

 118; 131; Wood Pigeon breaking 

 topmost shoots of fir trees, 138 ; 

 Pheasant shooting, 176; Partridge 

 shooting, 184 ; 219. 



March Wood, Common Heron, 44. 



Marygold, 54 ; white W T ood Pigeon, 

 139. 



Marygold Burn, 56. 



Maw Carr, nest of Herring Gull, 

 280. 



Ma if Craig, near mouth ofWoldenLee 

 liiini, one of the most westerly 

 breeding places of the Herring 

 Gull on the Berwickshire coast, 

 281. 



Maxton, 253. 



Maufidd, Merlin, 21 ; 54 ; Wild 

 Geese, 73 ; Dotterel, 215. 



Meik/e Law, Merlin, 24. 



^/(//erstain, last Common Bittern, 

 61 ; Passenger Pigeon shot, 153 ; 

 Pheasant shooting, 174 ; Partridge 

 shooting, 183 ; peculiarly marked 

 Partridge, 189 ; late Landrail, 196. 



Mellerstain Downs, Dotterel, 210. 



Melrose, falconry, 11. 



M< rim Grain, a ravine near Meikle 

 Law, Merlin, 24. 



M( /'.se, falconry, visit of King James 

 iv., 14 ; formerly covered with 

 bogs and morass, Common Bittern, 

 62. 



Mertoun, heronry, 48, 49 ; Stock 

 Dove, 143 ; Oyster Catcher, 231 ; 

 nesting of Little Grebe, 318. 



Mertoun House, Common Heron, 

 43, 50, 51. 



Mertoun Parish, Common Heron, 

 43 ; Black-headed Gull, 268. 



Middlethird, Wild Geese, 79. 



Milljield, 303. 



Milne Graden, Teal on the Tweed, 

 111 ; Pheasant shooting, 173 ; 

 Meteorological Notes, 351 -57; 358. 



Milne Graden West Mains, Wild 

 Geese, 76. 



Minchie Moss, Common Bittern, 61. 



Mont Albane, Wild Geese, 75. 



Monynut, Black Grouse, 158 ; Red 

 Grouse shooting in 1813, 164. 



Moor Baits, nest of Herring Gull, 

 281. 



Moor Plantation, Whitchester, a 

 favourite resort of Woodcock, 235. 



Mordington, Stock Dove, 143; Black 

 Grouse, 159, 160 ; Pheasant shoot- 

 ing, 175; Partridge shooting, 185; 

 ten brace of Dotterel shot, 220 ; 

 253. 



Mordington Mains, Wild Geese, 83 ; 

 Common Quail, 191 ; Green Sand- 

 piper observed, 253. 



Mordington Parish, report on Wild 

 Geese, 83 ; Red Grouse, 164 ; 

 Dotterel, 210 ; Dotterel in former 

 times, 211 ; Dotterel in recent 

 years, 212 ; Woodcock, 234. 



Moristons, Dotterel, 210. 



Moss Maw, Lapwing's nest, 227. 



Mucklestane Moor, Hobbie Elliot's 

 "lang-nebbit things," 260. 



Muirkirk, Ayrshire, story about the 

 " wheeple of a whaap," 258. 



Murraylawrig, Merlin, 22. 



Nabdean, Woodcock frequenting 



plantation, 235. 

 Nabdean Mill Pond, Water Rail, 



201 ; Little Grebe, 319. 

 Nenthorn, Wigeon on the Eden, 113; 



Dotterel, 210. 

 Nenthorn Parish, Dotterel in former 



times, 211. 



Nesbit House, Common Heron, 45. 

 Netherbyres Mill, Osprey, 28. 

 Neivbigging, Lander, Wigeon in 



pond, 113. 

 Newbyth, Peregrine Falcons got from 



Burnmouth by Sir David Baird, 



Bart. , 2 ; Falcons kept there, 19. 

 Newmills, Lander, Wigeon on Leader, 



113. 

 Ninewdls, Green Sandpiper shot, 



253. 



Ninewdls Old Bridge, Osprey, 27. 

 Nisbet, Pheasant shooting, 174; 



Partridge shooting, 184. 

 Nisbet House, Common Quail, 191. 

 North Berwick, Gannet, 37. 



