INDEX. 



283 



Grebes, 231, 248, 250 



Eared, 248 ; great crested, 248 



Little, 248 ; red-necked, 248 



Sclavonian, 248 



Greenfinch, 135 



Green Plover, see Peewit 

 Green Sandpiper, 84, 236 

 Greensbank, 84, 235-6, 247 

 Grey-backed Crow, 95, 104, 144, 268 

 Grey Geese, 171, chap. xxv. p. 206 

 Grey-hen, 36, 93, 121-2 (see also ' Black- 



game ') 



Grey-lag Goose, 75, 211 

 Grey Plover, 235-6, 238, 245-6 

 Grey Wagtail, 8, 19, 28, 29, 77, 108 

 Grouse, 29, 41, 44, 54, 59, 85, 101, 133 



burrowing in snow, 136 



only feed once a day, 62-4 



perchiug on trees, 137 

 Grouse-disease, chap. ix. p. 65 

 Grouse-shooting, 59 et seq., 110 et seq. 

 Gulls, 27, 36, 127, 149, 159 



Gull, Black-headed, 8, 24, 35, 72, 127 

 Gunning-punts, 272 



among ice, 167 



danger of, 271 et seq. 



H. 



Half-truths, danger of, 208 



Hard weather on the coast, 164, et seq., 167 



on the fells, 133 et seq. 



effect on Blackgame, 93 



effect on man, 168 



effect on wildfowl, 167, 196 



Haunts and habits of wildfowl, chaps. 



xix.-xx., pp. 155, 162 

 Heather- burning, 5, 66 

 Hedgehope, 55 

 Hen Harrier, 66, 106-7 

 Hermit Crab, 269 

 Heron, 33, 126, 135 

 Holy Island, 56 

 Hooded Merganser, 222 

 Hooper, 166 

 Humble Bee, 29 



I. 



Ice at Sea, formation of, 165-6 



"Ill-luck, "so-called, 203 



Incursions, irregular, of scarce birds, 44, 



47 

 Influx of wildfowl in March, 1886, 258 



et seq. 

 Instinct, 3, 37, 120, 122 



at fault, 19, 265-6 

 Intolerance, undue, 126 



J. 



Jackdaw, 36, 78 

 Jacksnipe, 25, 79, 80, 135 

 Jarrow Slake, 156 

 June on the coast, 234 



K. 



Kelts, 32 



Kitty Wren, 84, 126, 135 

 Knot, 18, 78, 173, 236, 245, 254, 262 



Landrail, 8, 77 



Langlee-ford, 54 



Lapland, 31, 40, 70, 178, 212, 235 



Last day of wildfowling, chap, xxxv., p. 



276 



Lesser Black-backed Gull, 28, 36, 127 

 Lesser White-fronted Goose, 212 

 Lindisfarne, 56 

 Little Auk, 109, 231 

 Little Grebe, 248 

 Little Stint, 236 

 Long-eared Owl, 20. 21, 144 

 Long-tailed Duck, 75, 226-7, 229 

 Loose writing, strictures on, 206, 224 

 Loughs, Moorland, 94 

 "Luff," cutting out wildfowl by a, 228 



M. 



Mallard (see chap, xxi., p. 169) 



5, 19, 29, 45, 51, 100, 134, 262 



Marismas, Spanish, 18, 39, 112, 211 

 Merganser, Hooded, 222 



Ked-breasted, 75, 97, 220 et seq. 



Merlin, 66, 108 



