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INDEX. 



Microcosms on the mud-flats, 269 

 Migration, 7 et seq., 81 et seq., 128, 235 

 Migrations of Brent Geese, 193,199, 252, 

 25.8, 263 



Curlew, 10, 18, 31, 51 



Curlew Sandpiper, 82, 235 



Dunlin, 24, 51, 72 



Fieldfares, and Redwing, 95-6 



Golden-eve, 98, 215 



G-olden Plover, 17, 28, 31, 51 



Grey Geese, 207, 210-1 



Larks, 19, 20, 81, 83 



Mallard and Wigeon, 176-7, 264 



- Redshank, 24, 72 



Ring-ouzel, 37, 51, 84 



Sandpiper, 41, 51, 72 



Snipe, 128 ; Jacksnipe, 25, 79 



Waders, 51, 78-9, 235-6, 239-40 



Wildfowl, 266-7, et passim 



Mild weather, effect on fowl, 153, 271 

 wildfowlingin,chap.xxxi. ,p. 251 



- on the fells (December), 135 

 Mirages, 39 



Missel-Thrush, 24, 78, 84 



Miss-fire, 263 



Moorhen, 135 



Morning flight (Grouse), 101 



(wildfowl), 158 et seq. 

 Mud -flats, 162 et seq. 

 Mussels, 269 



N. 



Names, local, of wildfowl, 270 

 Narrow escape, 273 



Nesting habits of Black-headed Gall, 

 35-6 



Curlew, 29-30, 49, 51 



Dipper, 23-4 



Dunlin, 38 et seq., 50, 55 



Golden Plover, 30, 51 



Grey-hen, 36-7, 93 



Grouse, 41, 44, 54 



Long-eared Owl, 20-1 



Peewit, 26, 30 



Redshank, 39 et stq. 



Ring-ouzel, 37-8, 50 



Sandpiper, 41-2 



Snipe, 30, 74 



Stockdove. 30-1 



Nesting habits of Tawny Owl, 21-2 

 Wagtails, 28 



Nesting-places (unknown) of Curlew- 

 Sandpiper, God wit, Knot, and San- 

 derling, 238 et seq. 



Nightjar, 8, 76 



Night-punting, 186 et seq., 252, 277 



Northern lights, 276 



Norway, 18, 37, 70, 103, 137, 140, 178, 

 211, 216, 264 



Notes of wildfowl, 188-9 



Novaya Zemlya, 79, 191, 238 



0. 



Oceanic birds, 109 

 Origin of life, Polar, 13 et stq., 18 

 Owl, Long-eared, 20, 21, 144 

 Short-eared, 127-8 

 Tawny, 21, 137 

 Oyster-Catcher, 247, 254 



P. 



Pallas' Sand-Grouse, 48-9 



Par, 32 



Partridge, Grey, 85, 121, 136 



Red-legged, 81 



Peewit, 8, 26, 30, 45, 74, 108 



Peregrine, 57, 66, 70, 107 



Petrels, 109 



Phalaropes, 236 



Pheasant (footnote), 121 



Pied Fly-catcher, 43-4 



Pied Wagtail, 8, 19, 28, 29, 77 



Pink-footed Goose, 211 



Pintail, 75, 184 



Poachers, fish, 33 



Pochard, 46-7, 75, 99, 219 et siq. 



Polar origin of life, 13 et seq., 18 



Portugal, 81, 100, 179 



Problems, biid, 237-8 



Protection for Salmon necessary, 33 



for wildfowl chimerical, 173, 



276 



Pseudo-erotism, 91 et seq., 102-3 

 Puffin, 231 

 Purple Sandpiper, 235 



