NATURE AND SPORT IN BRITAIN 



Bible, mention of quail in the, 107 



Birling Gap, 149, 306 



Bittern, the, 28 ; in South Africa, 

 160 ; little, 160 



Blacksod Bay, 191 



Blenheim, snipe-shooting at, 320 



Boeter, Jacob, 218 



Boyes, Mr. , and drumming of snipe, 

 316-18 



Bridgnorth, otter-hunting near, 256 



Bramston, Rev. F. T., and Somer- 

 vile, 218 



Brighton, nightingales at, 285 



Brisco, Mrs., 122 



Brown trout {see Trout-fishing) 



Buccleugh, Duke of, hounds of, 131 



Buffalo and lesser egret, 160 



Buffon and badgers, 244 



Bustard : great, as table bird, 

 28 ; big bag of, 29 ; stalking 

 on Yorkshire Wolds, 29, 1 10 ; 

 former plenty in Britain, 109-10 ; 

 slaughter of, no ; present range 

 of, no; sport with in Spain, in; 

 weight of, III; prices of, in; 

 little, in ; courting habits of 

 great, 112; attack by, on human 

 being, 112-13; Col. Montagu and, 

 113; under domestication, 113-14; 

 attempted reintroduction of, 114- 

 15; in Ireland, 115; recent oc- 

 currences of, 116; various species 

 of, 116; in South Africa, 116-18; 

 the paauw, 117-18 



Bustard-quail, curious habits of, 106 



Buttercups, 223 



Buxbaum's speedwell, 308 



Cape Colony : quail-shooting in, 

 106, 108; dusky redshank in, 

 161 ; snipe in, 162 ; heaths in, 

 294, 318-19 

 "Capping," and fox-hunting, 137-9 

 Capri, captures of quail at, 103-4 

 Carbery West foxhounds, 122 

 Chace, The, 204-5, 210 ; quotations 



from, 211-7 

 Chaffinch, as table bird, 32 



Chanctonbury, 305 



Cheape, Mrs., 122 



Chough, the, 304 



Cirl-bunting, 298 



Clare Island, 304 



Cleathercote Manor, 175 



Clermont, Earl of, and woodcock- 

 shooting, 72 



Clew Bay, 96, 304 



Collier, Mr., 257 



Compton, 197 



Conger eel, capture of a, 1 50 ; recipe 

 for pie, 150-1 



Congreve, and smugglers, 1 1 



Conn, Lough, 96, 188, 189, 191 



Connemara, white-trouting in, 226- 

 34; cabin, a, 230; coast-line of, 



231 ; stream in, 231 ; scenery of, 



232 ; lake, a, 232 

 Coot, 30-1 



Corbet, Mr. John, and the Warwick- 

 shire hounds, 128-30 



Cormorant: in South Africa, 164; 

 range of, 164; fishermen and the, 

 165 ; digestion of, 165-6 ; and 

 Wild Birds' Protection Acts, 166; 

 voracity of, 166; abundance of 

 in South Africa, 167; and guano, 

 167 ; expert fishing of, 167; nest 

 and young of, 168 ; the shag, 

 168-9; powers of swimming and 

 flight, 169-70; Milton and the, 

 170; Chinese and trained, 170-1 ; 

 trained in England, 170-1 ; "as 

 greedy as a," 171 ; in Sussex, 



304 

 Corn-bunting, 298 

 Cornwall, woodcock in, 70 

 Cotswolds, hounds of, 207 ; the, 208 

 Courtenay Tracey, Mr., 252 

 Coursing, a tenant farmer and, 39 

 Cox, Nicholas, 210; and badgers, 



237, 243-4; and partridge-netting, 



275-6 

 Crake, Baillon's, 163 

 Cranes, 27 

 Croaghmoyle, 96 

 Cross-bills, invasions of, 258 



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