NATURE AND SPORT IN BRITAIN 



Prejevalski, General, on sand- 

 grouse, 260 



Prince of Wales, Frederick, 21 1, 215 



Pryse-Rice, Mrs., 122 



Pterocles, genus, 263 



Pytchley, the, 129, 137; and bad- 

 gers, 238 



Quail : scarcity of in Britain, 101 ; 

 occurrences in 1899, IO2 reasons 

 for scarcity of, 102-3 > captures 

 of in Mediterranean, 103-4; sa ^ e 

 of in London, 104; nest of, 104; 

 fighting, 105; various species of, 

 105-6; bustard-, 106 ; foreign 

 bags of, 1 06, 1 08; pipe, the, 103; 

 capture of with "Low Bell," 107; 

 instinct of migration in, 107-8; 

 Natal Zulus and, 108; Boers and, 

 1 08; in South Africa, 159 



Queen Elizabeth, otter-hunting in 

 time of, 254 ; cross-bills in reign 

 of, 258 



Quince, the, 16-17; J e ^7> *7 



Quorn, the, 129 



Rasse, 89 



Ratel, the, 240 



Red-footed falcon, 154 



Redpoles, 298 



Redshank, 25 ; in South Africa, 161 ; 

 dusky, or spotted, 161 



Retainer, an old, 41-6 



Reynolds, Rev. E. M., 122 



Rhynchcea capensis, 319 



Roerdomp, Boer name for bittern, 

 1 60 



Roller, the European, 156 



Rooks, and heronries, 51 



Roxburgh, Duke of, 320 



Ruffs and reeves, 24; scarcity in 

 Britain, 55; description of, 56-7; 

 "hilling," 57; eggs of, 57; range 

 and migrations of, 57-8 ; snaring, 

 59, 60; fattening, 59; price of, 

 59 ; Mr. Town's journey with, 

 59-60 ; food of, 60 ; in South 

 Africa, 161-2 



Russell, Rev. John, 249 

 Russia, sand-grouse in, 263 



Sally, a tame badger, 246-8 



Sanderling, in South Africa, 162, 

 286 



Sand-grouse : Pallas's, habitat of 

 258 ; incursions of, 259 ; migra- 

 tion of in 1888, 259-60; and snow- 

 storms, 259 ; slaughter of, 260 ; 

 moulting of, 260 ; weight of, 260 ; 

 various species in South Africa, 

 261 ; habitsof in Kalahari Desert, 

 261 ; great assemblages of, 262 ; 

 shooting, 262 ; characteristics and 

 various species of, 262-3 > range 

 of, 263 



Sandpiper, the, 161 ; wood, 161 ; 

 curlew. 161-2, 289; green, 161, 

 286 ; purple, 288 



Saxicola bifasciata, 296 



Scent, of partridge, 277-8 ; of hare, 

 278 



Schaapwachter, the, song of, 284 ; 

 on battlefield, 284 



Scoters, black, 8, 9 



Scotland, otter-hounds in, 250 



Seaford, 306 



Seal, at Eastbourne, 304 



Sea-poppy, 7 



Sea-trout : sport with, in Mayo, 

 97-9 ; in Connemara, 226-34 ; 

 habits of, 98-9 ; excellence of, 

 234 ; in Sussex, 307 



Sedge warbler, the, 157 



Seebohm, Mr., 289 



Setter, 266, 268 ; netting partridges 

 with a, 275-6; old name for, 



275 



Shag, the, 168-9 



Shakespeare and sheep-shearing, 

 224-5 



Sharp, Farquharson, Mr. R., 

 Memoir of Somervile by, 210, 218 



Sheep-shearing, 223-4 Shake- 

 speare and, 224-5 



Sheep-washing, 3-4 ; at Pevensey, 

 220-3 



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