CONTENTS. 



DOGS FOR THE GUN. 



A dog's qualifications The near ranger A couple at a time suffi- 

 cient The head the chief criterion Artful dog-breakers Stern 

 correction necessary Running in when the bird drops Diffidence 

 of young dogs Attention to the strain Crosses Rambling 

 Spaniels Scotch terriers Retrievers Old Gruff " Few dogs, 

 but good," ........ 164 



INSTINCT OF DOGS. 



Instinct equally distributed among different breeds The cocker and 

 the post-bag Treatment has a good deal to do with sagacity 

 Cigar Gruff St Bernard Qualifications of a retriever Ross of 

 Tongue Seal-coursing, . . . . . .177 



SPORT IN BUTE. 



Sportsmen-naturalists Kames Castle No adders in Bute Glutton- 

 ous reptiles The slow-worm The cane or mouse-killer The 

 birds of Bute Number of magpies The last ospreys of Loch 

 Lomond Fishing kestrels Poaching rooks The rooks of Kames 

 Albinos Starlings Owls The short-eared owl The night- 

 j ar Migrants Swifts Skylarks Finches Stormy-petrels 

 Fern owl The D.D. cuckoo Pigeons "Silver haddies" A 

 hermit seal Wasps' nests Bats Sport on Kames Glenmore 

 valley Rodobach partridges Variations in colour Mire-snipes 

 Winter shooting on the Kyles Wild ducks Herons Rod- 

 fishing, . . . . . . . .186 



CORRACH-BAH; OR, A PLEA FOR THE WASTES. 



The improvement mania " Thum thing in the Englith thtyle " A 

 shrewd citizen's plan for making money of the Premier Loch at 

 the expense of its sterile Ben His share in the undertaking sug- 

 gested Loch Bah and Lochan Nahachalach Juxtaposition of 

 golden and sea eagles' eyries Corrach-Bah From Glasgow to 

 the Black Mount Trolling-rods in danger Rescued by a land- 

 lord and returned by a post Inveroran Peter Robertson Forest 

 scen e S _Male golden eagle The eyrie Stalking the female- 

 Strength and ferocity of eagles The author in his chariot drives 

 to Loch Awe Sandy M'Kenzie and his man Johnny Castle 

 Connal A Highland chief stabbed by a penknife A fifty-year- 

 old badger Anecdotes of badgers Hooking a fine ferox opposite 



