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 Roe — Grouse - shootings and Grouse — Wild - 

 fowl 266 



