INDEX 



"Crumbles," the, 6; hare killed on, 



93-4 



Cuckmere : Haven, 306-7 ; river, 

 307 ; valley, hare hunt in, 89 



Cuckoo, the, 158; golden and 

 emerald, 158 ; other species, 158 



Culmstock otter-hounds, 257 



Cunene River, 167 



Curlew, 26; in South Africa, 161 



Curlew-sandpiper, 161,286; nesting- 

 place of, 289-90 



Cushcamcarragh, 188 



Dabchick (see Grebe, little) 



Dartmoor otter-hounds, 252 



Decoy, an old, 15-22 ; structure of, 

 1 6, 1 8 ; methods of capture, 18- 

 19 ; captures of fowl at Ashby 

 and Wainfleet, 20; Fritton, 21 ; 

 present British decoys, 2 1 ; former 

 numbers of, 22 



Deeping Fen, 20 



Deer, red, in co. Mayo, 189 ; their 

 extinction, 190 



de Fiennes, Sir Roger, 4 



Denmark, woodcock in, 76-8 



Denny, Capt. R., 314 



Derwentwater, Earl of, 125 



"Dikkop," 26 



Dotterel, the, 27 ; on the downs, 

 298, 299 ; plumage of, 299 ; migra- 

 tion of, 299, 300 ; reputation for 

 silliness, 299 



Dove, the turtle, 158 



Downs, the : fox-hunting in, 79-83, 

 304-6 ; attraction of, 293 ; gorse 

 coverts on, 293-5 ; wheatears on 

 the, 294-6; shepherds on the, 

 295; whinchats and stonechats 

 and, 296-7 ; warblers and other 

 birds and, 297-8 ; grasshopper 

 warbler and, 298 ; dotterel and, 

 298-9; plovers on, 300; hares, 

 rabbits, partridges, and landrail, 

 300; peregrine falcons on, 301-3; 

 other falconidce of, 303 ; gulls 

 and jackdaws, 303 ; the chough 

 and, 304 ; other birds of, 304 ; 



seals and, 304 ; Charles Shepherd 



and, 305-6; badgers and otters 



and, 306 ; Cuckmere Haven, 306 ; 



wild flowers of, 307-8 ; cloud 



effects on, 308 



Drake, Squire, 36; "Tom," 36 

 " Drumming " (see Snipe) 

 Ducks: decoy, 18-19; largecaptures 



of, 20- 1 



Dumfriesshire otter-hounds, 250 

 Dunlin, 7, 25-6 ; rural names of, 



285 ; migration and appearance 



of, 285 ; shot, 289, 290 



Earl Moreton and death of William 



Rufus, 4 

 Eastbourne : wheatears near, 295 ; 



Lord of Manor of and wheatears, 



296 ; stonechats at, 297 

 East Dean, 148 

 Edstone, 205-7 

 Edward III. and hunting, 123; 



cross-bills in reign of, 258 

 Edward the Confessor and hunting, 



124 



Eel-fisher, 2-3 



Eglinton, Earl of, hounds of, 131 

 Egret, lesser, 160 

 Ella, King, 149 



Falcon gentle, the, 202 



Farmers and fox-hunting, 125, 132, 



i34 !35> J36 

 Field, The, 246, 271-2 

 Fieldfares, 29-30 

 Finder, hare, 91 

 Flowers, wild, of the downs, 7, 



307-8 

 Flycatcher, spotted, 157-8; pied, 



158 



Forster, Tom, 125 



Fox, used in decoy, 18-19 ; ahunted, 

 80-3 ; and badger, 236 ; in down 

 country, 304-6 ; French, 305 



Fox-hunting : in the downs, 79-83, 

 304-6; numbers of packs in 

 Britain, 119; qualities of hunts- 

 men 121 ; amateur huntsmen, 



323 



