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Index. 



Snipe, loi. 



Snow-bunting, the, 120. 



Solitaire, Queen Mary's, at Wood- 



houselee, 204. 

 Somerville family, connection of 



the, with the barony of Drum, 



239 et seq. 

 Sparrow-hawk, the, 104 — incident 



of, 105. 

 Sparrow, the house, 120 — the 



hedge, ib. 

 Spotted crake, the, 102. 

 Spotted flycatcher, the, 122. 

 Squirrel, the, 62. 

 St Giles's Cathedral, Preston arms 



in, 27 — Preston aisle in, 28. 

 Starling, the, 113 — food of the, 114. 

 State tragedy, the, at Craigmillar 



Castle, 31. 

 Stenhouse, hamlet of, 231. 

 "Stenhouse witches," the, 231. 

 Stewart, Sir James, 199, 227. 

 Sticklebacks as pets, 89. 

 Stoat, the, 59 — skin of the, 60. 

 Stonechat, the, 123. 

 Straiton, the village of, 196.' 

 Swallow, the, 115. 

 Swift, the, 115. 



Tawny owl, the, 86 — adventure 



with a, 87. 

 Teal, the, 81. 

 Thomson, Rev. John, parish 



minister of Duddingston, 210. 

 Thrush, the, 100. 

 Tit, the cole, 116— the blue, ib. — 



the great, ib. — the long-tailed, ib. 

 Toad, the common, 77. 

 Tree-creeper, the, 117. 

 Tree-pipit, the, 119. 

 Trotters of Mortonhall, the, 195. 

 Tytler family, eminent men of the, 



203. 



Upper Liberton, 1S2 — Tower of, 51, 

 190. 



Valleyfield, the Prestons of, 27. 

 Voles, 67 — plague of, 68 et seq. 



Wagtail, the pied, 119 — the white, 

 ib. — the grey, ib. 



Warbler, the sedge-, 117 — the 

 garden-, 118 — the wood-, ib. — the 

 willow-, 119. 



Water-hen, the, 83. 



Water-ousel, the, 84. 



Water-rail, the, 102. 



Wauchope, Col., notice of, 220 — 

 Mid-IyOthian contested by, 221. 



Wauchope, Sir John Don, descrip- 

 tion of a "run" at Craigmillar 

 by, 57 — proprietor of Edmon- 

 stone, 222. 



Wauchopes of Niddrie, the, 218. 



Weasel, the, 59. 



Wheatear, the, 123. 



Whinchat, the, 123. 



Whitethroat, the, 118. 



White wagtail, the, 119. 



Widgeon, the, 81. 



Willow-warbler, the, 119. 



Winrams of Clydesdale, the, 170 — 

 of lyiberton, ib. 



Witches, trial and burning of, 29 — 

 the Stenhouse, 231. 



Woodcock, loi. 



Woodhouselee, Lord, 203. 



Woodhouselee, old mansion-house 

 of, 201 — seizure of, by Sir James 

 Bellenden, and its results, ib. et 

 seq. — ruins of, 203 — present man- 

 sion-house of, ib. — the Tytlers of, 

 ib. — relics of Queen Mary at, 204. 



Woodpecker, the great spotted, 97 

 —story of a, 98 et seq. 



Wood-pigeon, the, 113. 



Wood-warbler, the, 118. 



Woolmet, retreat of 2d Earl of 

 Bothwell to, 42, 44. 



Wren, the, 117. 



Yellowhammer, the, 120. 



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