Index 



MacLeod's Maidens, 91 



MacLeod's Tables, 80 



Malahide, brent geese at, 208 



Malin Head, 58 



Mar, Forest of, 8, 63, 137, 152 



March burn, 54, 56, 138, 162 



May Island, 202 



Meenaun, hill of, 172 



Megstone Rock, cormorants on, 21, 25 



Merganser, red-breasted, 40, 204 



Merlin, nesting of, 33 et seq. 



Minch, the, 79, 80, 91, 125 



Mingulay, 92, 100 et seq. 



Moine Mhor (Great Moss), 37, 63, 64, 



161 

 Monadh Liath Mountains, 151 

 Monadh Mor, 65, 135, 152, 160, 167, 



193 

 Montgomery, Bishop, and sooty petrel, 



76 

 Moray Firth, 11 1 

 Morvern, Macleans and, 59 

 Muck, 47, 91 



Muldoanich, Island of, 100 

 Mull, Island of, 39, 44, 47, 58, 59, 60, 



78, 86, 92, 96, 100, 113, 183 

 Ross of, 92 



Sound of, 59, 86, 89, 92 

 Mullach fo Dheas, 79 



Northumbrian coast, birds of, 11 

 et seq., 20 et seq., 26, i6g, 188 

 et seq., 199-203, 207-11 



Norway, long-tailed duck and, 188 



Oban, 89, 92 



Bay, 86 

 Ouzel, water, 9, 148, 204 

 Oyster catcher, 24, 51, 171, 190, 201, 204 



Pabbay, Island of, 79, loo 

 " Pampooty," of Innishmaan, 185 

 Parsley fern, 63, 178 

 Peat, on Aran Islands, 186 

 Peregrine, 16, 30, 44, 91, 101, 103, 118, 

 136, 174, 179, 197 



eggs of, i8 



eyrie of, 35, 36, 114, 134 



Petrel, fulmar, 87, 211 

 sooty, 76 



storm, 48, n6, 118, 125; "British 

 Bird Book" and, 73; Clarke, 

 Eagle, Mr., and, 73 ; mating note 

 of, 70; nesting of, 68 et seq. 

 Pine forest on Cairngorm, 51, 197 

 Pine, mountain, 8 



Scots [Pinus sylvestris), 55, 85, 197 

 Pinnacles, the, 200 

 Pinus montana uncinata, 8 

 Pipers of the islands, 62 

 Pipit, meadow, 36, 78, 159 



rock, 201 

 Plover, golden, i, 25 et seq., 34, 36, 

 90, 98, 105, 160, 175, 178; nest- 

 ing haunt of, 27-29 

 grey, 14, 15, 20 

 ringed, 22, 42, 209 

 Polachar, 90 

 Port a' churrach, 184 

 Ptarmigan, 7, 32, 38, 39, 51, 52, 53, 

 54, 55> 59, 64, 65, 66, 67, 81, 82, 

 83, 84, 85, 109, 137, 151, 152, 

 154, 156, 159, 162, 178, 180, 194, 

 197 

 Puffin, 16, 17, 25, 62, 114, 115, 118, 

 125, 126, 127, 129 

 nesting burrows of, 103 

 Pyrenees, birds of, 7 

 trees of, 8 



Rainfall of Argyll coast, 62 

 Raven, 44, 45, 80, 91, 118, 165, 174 



nesting of, 113, 179 

 Razorbill, 17, 18, 62, 92, 100, loi, 102, 



103, 114, 125, 126, 127, 128, 



129 

 Redshank, 1, 12, 14, 15, 21, 42, 170,201 

 Redstart, 134 

 Redwing, i6o 

 Rhum, 47, 58, 88, 91 

 Rook, and merlin, 33 

 Ross Links, 11, 20, 21, 24 

 "Ross, the" (Mull), 58 

 Rothiemurchus Forest, 37, 55, 63, 84, 



13s. 137, 138, 150. '53. '55. 162 

 fire in, 155 



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