I NDEX. 



Amphibia of Craigmillar district, 



the, 73 et seq. 

 Andersons of Moredun, the, 22S. 

 Aquatic fowl, the, of Duddingston 



Loch, 81 et seq. passim. 

 Architectural features, the, of 



Craigmillar Castle, i et seq. 

 Armorial bearings, ancient, at 



Craigmillar Castle, i\ et seq. 

 " Arthur's Seat fern," the, 135. 

 Arthurs Seat, flora of, 125, 132, 



143 et seq. — examples of glacial 



action at, 161. 

 Avifauna of Craigmillar district, 



the, 80 et seq. 



Badger, the, in Craigmillar district, 

 54- 



Balcanquall, Walter, 185. 



Balm Well, the, 195. 



Barn owl, the, 85. 



Bat, the, 62 — Daubenton's, nest of, 

 at The Inch, ib. 



Binning, John, executed for murder 

 of Darnley, 40. 



Bird-life, the, of Craigmillar dis- 

 trict, 80 et seq. 



Black-backed gull, the great, iii. 



Blackbird, the, loi. 



Blackcap, the, iiS. 



Blackford Hill, 177— National Scot- 

 tish Observatory at, ib. 



Black-headed gull, the, iii. 



Blind- worm, the, at Craigmillar, 71 

 — on the Braids, 72. 



Blue tit, the, 116. 



Boroughmoor, the, 176. 



Botany of the Craigmillar district, 

 124 et seq. 



Bothwell, ist Earl of, conference 



at Craigmillar attended by, 36 — 



marriage of, to Queen Mary, 39 



— testament of, 40. 

 Bothwell, 2d Earl of, battle fought 



near Craigmillar by troops of, 



42 et seq. 

 Braids, the, 192 — view from, 193. 

 Bridgend, hunting-lodge of James 



V. at, 2i5~chapel at, ib. 

 Bullfinch, the, 122. 

 Bunting, the snow-, 120 — the reed-, 



ib. — the corn-, ib. 

 Burdiehouse limestone, the, 155 — 



fossil remains of, 159. 

 Burdiehouse, the village of, 196. 

 Butler, Reuben, supposed residence 



of, 178. 

 Buzzard, the, 104. 



Carboniferous rocks, the, of Craig- 

 millar district, 156 i?^ 5£'^.— fossil 

 remains of, 159. 



Carrion crow, the, 89. 



Chaffinch, the, 121. 



Chapel at Craigmillar Castle, ruins 

 of, 20. 



Chiffchaff, the, 118. 



Clydesdale, the Winrams of, 170. 



Cock-fights, annual, at Liberton 

 parish-school, 178 et seq. 



Cole tit, the, 116. 



Corn-bunting, the, 120. 



" Confessional," the, at Craigmillar 

 Castle, 18. 



Corn-crake or landrail, the, 102. 



Covenanters, defeat of the, at 

 Rullion Green, 197. 



Craigmillar, barony of, tenure of 

 the, 30— purchase of, by Sir John 

 Gilmour, 44. 



