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INDEX. 



Bubo ignavus, 140. 



Bufo vulgaris, 265. 



Bullfinch, 119. 



Bullhead, Short-spined Sea-, 274. 



Bunting, Black-headed, 58. 



- Common, 43, 55, 58, 120. 



- Reed, 55, 121. 



- Snow, 55, 122. 



- Yellow, 55, 121. 

 Burray, description of, 41. 

 Bustard, Great, 201. 

 Buteo vulgaris, 144. 

 Butterfish, 276. 

 Butterfly-fish, 276. 

 Buzzard, Common, 144. 



Honey, 152. 



Rough-legged, 144. 



Caccdbis rufa, 192. 

 Calf of Eday, 15. 

 Calidris arenaria, 219. 

 Callionymus lyra, 275. 

 Caprimulgus europceus, 130, 299. 

 Garanx trachurus, 272. 

 Carcharias glaucus, 266. 

 Carduelis elegans, 115. 

 Cava, description of, 39. 

 Centronotus gunellus, 276. 

 Certhia familiar is, 105. 

 Cervus tarandus, 297. 



elaphus, 82. 



Chaffinch, 24, 50, 55, 117. 



Char, 293. 



Charadrius pluvialis, 201. 



helvetica, 202. 

 Chaulelasmus streperus, 172. 

 Chelidon urbica, 112. 

 Chelone imbricata, 265. 

 Chenalopex cegyptiaca, 164, 300. 

 Chiffchaff, 102. 

 Chimcera monstrosa, 270. 



- Northern, 270. 

 Chrysomitris spimis, 115. 

 Ciconia alba, 162. 

 Oinclus aquaticus, 96. 

 Circus ceruginosus, 140. 



Circus cyaneus, 142, 299. 

 Clangula albeola, 176. 



glaucion, 176. 



Climate of Orkney, 5, 6. 

 Clupea harengus, 293. 

 Coal-fish, 40, 281. 

 Cod, 26, 281. 

 Columba cenas, 187. 



liv'ia, 187. 



palumbus, 186. 



Colymbus arcticus, 260. 



glacialis, 259. 



septentrionalis, 261. 



Conger, 295. 



vulgaris, 295. 



Coot, 11, 13, 14, 19, 32, 43, 200. 

 Copinsay, description of, 33. 

 Coracias garrula, 133, 298. 

 Cormorant, 10, 14, 17, 22, 24, 25, 34, 42, 



156. 



Corncrake, 20, 25, 56. 

 Corvus corax, 126. 

 comix, 128. 



frugilegus, 127. 



monedula, 125. 



Cosmonetta histrionica, 177. 

 Cotile riparia, 114. 

 Cottus bubalis, 274. 

 Coitus scorpius, 274. 

 Cotumix communis, 193. 

 Craig-fluke, 285. 

 Crake, Spotted, 198. 

 Crane, Common, 200. 



Demoiselle, 200. 

 Creeper, 105. 

 Crenilabrus melops, 279. 



exotetus, 279. 

 Crex pratensis, 198. 

 Crossbill, Common, 55, 120. 

 Crossopusfodiens, 65. 



Crow, Hooded, 14, 22, 41, 42, 56, 126. 



Cuckoo, 10, 134. 



Cuculus canorus, 134. 



Curlew, Common, 14, 19, 22, 40, 41, 57, 



224, 302. 

 Cydopterus lumpus, 275. 



