CONTENTS. XXV 



CHAPTER XVI. 



MAY. 



Nests of Birds Cross -bills, etc. Lateness of Season Bean- 

 geese Partridge's Nest Northern Diver Coot's Nest 

 Teal and her Young Wren's Nest Badgers ; cunning of ; 

 anecdote of Aurora Borealis ; sound made by . Page 221 



CHAPTER XVII. 



JUNE. 



Trout -fishing Sea -trout in the Findhorn Breeding -place 

 of Black -headed Gulls Salmon - fishing Gray Crows 

 Hair "Worms Fishing Cromarty Goats The Peregrine 

 Falcon 232 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



JULY. 



Shore Birds; arrival of Foxes Herring, and Herring-fish- 

 ing; Birds, etc., feeding on them Herring -fishing in Suther- 

 land A Sharper Numbers of Flounders Young Wild- 

 fowl Roe ; habits of Midges Angling Floods in the 

 Findhorn Prophecy of a Woman Escape of a Shep- 

 herd .- 247 



CHAPTER XIX. 



AUGUST. 



Golden Plover Ring - dottrel Migratory * Birds Butterflies 

 Crabs ; their manner of casting their shells The 

 Sea Angler The Deal Fish Habits of Woodcocks 

 A pet IJpe Grouse - shootings and Grouse Wild - 

 fowl 266 



