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miliar, 34 — hunting-lodge of, at 



Bridgend, 215. 

 James VI., residence of, at Craig- 



millar, 41. 

 Jelton, Lady. See Lady Gilton. 

 Jongs, the, at Duddingston parish 



church, 209. 



Keep of Craigmillar Castle, the, 



2, II. 

 Kingfisher, the, 84. 

 King's Meadows. See Craigmillar 



Irrigated Meadows. 

 Kingston Grange, 226— old cottages 



at, ib. 

 Kirk-of-Field, murder of Darnley 



at, 38. 



Landrail or corn-crake, the, 102. 



Lapwing, the, 109 — popular preju- 

 dice regarding, no. 



Lark, the, 107 — snaring of, ib. 



Liberton House, 186 — antiquarian 

 interest of, 187 — restoration of, 

 188. 



Liberton, Lord, 171. 



" Liberton magpie," the, 94. 



Liberton, Over, barony of, 178 et 

 seq. 



Liberton, the Winrams of, 170. 



Liberton Tower, 190 — architectural 

 features of, ib. 



Liberton, village of, 178 — annual 

 cock-fights at parish school of, 

 ib. —Industrial School at, 180. 



Linlithgow Palace, seedling from 

 Queen Mary's tree planted at, 

 141. 



Linnet, the, 121. 



Little, Clement, books bequeathed 

 to Edinburgh Universit}' by, 184. 



Little, William, of Liberton, 49. 



Little, William, Lord Provost of 

 Edinburgh, 185. 



Little, William Charles, of Liber- 

 ton, 49 — surname of Gilmour 

 assumed by, 50. 



Little, William Rankine. See 

 Rankine, William. 



Littles, family of the, i^/^ei seq. 



Little France, hamlet of, 225 — 



Queen Mary's tree at, 138 et seq., 



226. 

 Lizards, 73. 



Long-eared owl, the, 88. 

 Long-tailed tit, the, 116. 



Magpie, the, 94 — "The Liberton 

 magpie," ib. 



Mallard duck, the, 80. 



Mar, Earl of, imprisoned at Craig- 

 millar Castle, 32. 



Martin, the sand-, 115 — the house-, 

 116. 



Mar}-, Queen, room of, at Craig- 

 millar Castle, 7 — residence of, 

 at, 35 — conference between, and 

 nobles at, 36 — marriage of, to 

 Bothwell, 39 — alleged connection 

 of, with Darnley's murder, 41 — 

 sycamore tree named after, 138 

 et seq. — solitaire and watch of, 

 at Woodhouselee, 204. 



Meadow-pipit, the, 120. 



Merlin, the, 106. 



Mid-Lothian Harriers, "meet" of 

 the, at Craigmillar, 64 et seq. 



Miller, Hugh, a workman at 

 Niddrie House, 222. 



M'Kail, Hugh, at the Pentland 

 rising, 199 — execution of, 200. 



Missel-thrush, the, loi. 



MoncriefF, Baron, of Moredun, 230. 



Monteith, Rev. Robert, Episcopal 

 minister of Duddingston, 210. 



Moor-hen or water-hen, the, 83. 



Moredun, policy of, 226 — successive 

 proprietors of, ib. et seq. — deriva- 

 tion of name of, 231. 



Mortonhall, house and policy of, 

 194 — early proprietors of, 195 — 

 the Trotters of, ib. 



Morton, Regent, executed for 

 murder of Darnle}-, 40. 



Mouse, the long-tailed field, 71 — 

 the common, ib. 



Murray, Regent, treatment of 

 Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh by, 

 201 — assassination of, ib. et seq. 



National vScottish Observatorv, the, 

 at Blackford Hill, 177. 



