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TOPOGRAPHICAL INDEX. 



North Berwick Law, 281. 



North Cleugh, Coot, 205. 



North Falaknowe, Wild Geese, 76. 



Northiimberland, Shoveller breed- 

 ing, 108 ; Tufted Duck breeding, 

 118; migration, 327. 



Northumberland Coast, 100. 



Oak Wood near Petimanshiel, Wood- 

 cock nesting, 237. 



Old Bound Road near Pax ton, Poch- 

 ard shot on Whitadder, 116. 



Oldcambus, Peregrine Falcon, 2 ; 

 Kestrel, 25 ; Common Heron, 46 ; 

 Rock Dove, 146 ; effects of wet 

 summer on Partridges, 186 ; Moor 

 Hen, 203 ; 213 ; 218 ; Green 

 Sandpiper frequenting Dean, 

 252 ; Common Redshank on coast, 

 254 ; Curlew on shore, 260 ; Black- 

 headed Gull leaving coast in 

 spring, 269; 279; Herring Gull 

 feeding on fragments of bottle - 

 nosed whale, 282 ; ways of catch- 

 ing Gulls with hooks, 284 ; 289 ; 

 Razor Bills washed ashore in 

 severe winter of 1878-79, 296; 

 Great Northern Diver found on 

 shore, 309 ; ornithological observ- 

 ations, 329. 



Oldcambus and Cockburnspath 

 Parish, Red Grouse in 1835, 164. 



Oldcambus East Mains, arrival of 

 Woodcock, 234. 



Old Camp at Milne Graden, Common 

 Corncrake, 31. 



Oldcastles, 54 ; Billie Mire, 60, 61. 



Old Craw Ha', Osprey, 28. 



Old Greenlaw, Wild Geese, 80. 



Oldhamstocks, Dotterel, 218. 



Oldhamstocks Parish (detached) re- 

 port 011 Wild Geese, 84; Red 

 Grouse, 164 ; Common Quail, 190 ; 

 Common Quail nesting 011 Spring- 

 field Farm, East Lothian, 191. 



Old Heronry Wood, Paxton, Com- 

 mon Heron, 45 ; Stock Dove's 

 nest, 141 ; Woodcock, 235. 



Olister Dub, Common Heron, 43. 



Orkney, Falconry, 13; Dotterel 

 nesting, 211 ; Whimbrel, 263. 



Orleans, France, Common Quail, 192. 



Overhowden, Wild Geese, 73. 



Oxton, occurrence of Storm Petrel, 

 321. 



Park, 218. 



" Patie's Pat," pool onthe Whitadder, 

 Peregrine Falcon's nest, 5. 



Paxton, Crow Dean Wood, Merlin, 

 21 ; Fiiichy, Merlin, 21 ; Common 

 Cormorant, 31 ; Common Heron, 

 35 ; W T ild Swans on the Tweed,97 ; 

 Sheldrake on the Tweed, 100 ; 

 Teal on the Tweed, 111 ; Wigeoii 

 on Tweed, 113; Pochard on Tweed, 

 115 ; Tufted Duck on Tweed, 118; 

 Scaup Duck on Tweed, 119; Long- 

 tailed Duck on Tweed, 122 ; Eider 

 Duck on Tweed, 124 ; Common 

 Scoter on Tweed, 126 ; Ring Dove 

 feeding 011 beechnuts, 133 ; migra- 

 tion of Cushats, 133 ; Shooting 

 Cushats in Wester Park, 133; 

 Wood Pigeon feeding on young 

 leaves of beech tree, 138 ; Pigeon 

 nesting near house, 139 ; popular 

 saying comparing frost-rime to 

 White Pigeon, 150; 155: Pheasant 

 shooting, 174 ; Common Quail, 

 191 ; Landrail, 194 ; Moor Hen's 

 nest in wooden spout, 203 ; fav- 

 ourite retreats of Woodcock, 235 ; 

 Woodcock shooting, 237 ; Red- 

 throated Diver on Tweed, 311 ; 

 Little Grebe, 319. 



Paxton House, Peregrine Falcon 

 seen, 7; Stock Dove's nest, 141, 

 142, 143 ; Green Sandpiper shot, 

 252 ; Greenshank shot, 256. 



Paxton North Mains, Greenshank 

 shot, 256. 



Paxton South Mains, Wild Geese, 

 81. 



Pease Burn, Coot, 205. 



Pease Sands, Kittiwake Gull, 290. 



Pech Stane, 55. 



Peelwalls, 273. 



Peely Braes Wood, Duns Castle, 

 Woodcock's nest discovered, 

 238. 



Penmanshiel, Kestrel, 25 ; Wild 

 Geese, 71 ; Wild Goose trapped, 

 71 ; Wild Geese, 74, 75 ; Wood 

 Pigeon, 137; Dotterel, 215, 216; 

 Golden Plover, 221 ; Lapwing, 

 227; Woodcock's nest, 238; 

 Common Snipe bleating, 242, 

 243; Curlew's cry, 259; Little 

 Auk found, 305. 



Perthshire, Tufted Duck feeding, 

 118. 



Petticoioick Cove, Peregrine Falcon's 

 eyrie, 2. 



Petticowick Harbour, 146 ; 280 ; 

 Common Guillemot, 298. 



Pickie Moss t Dowie Den Moss, 

 Everett Moss or Legerioood Loch, 



