300 Among the~<Birds in Northern Shires. 



Nests (continued): 



Owl, Short-eared, 124, 125. 



Petrel, Fork-tailed, 254-255. 



Pipit, Meadow, 48. 



Plover, Golden, 70. 



Ptarmigan, 81. 



Puffin, 227. 



Robin, 286. 



Shearwater, Manx, 256. 



Sheldrake, 215, 216. 



Swan, 198. 



Twite, 50. 



Wagtail, Gray, 26, 27. 



Wheatear, 51. 



Whinchat, 175. 



Woodlark, 115. 

 Newstead, 198. 

 Newstead Abbey, 201. 

 Newton, Professor, on the Dipper, 18 ; 



on the Garden Warbler, 183 ; on the 



Kingfisher, 203. 

 Night-crow, 109. 

 Night-hawk, 106. 

 Nightingale, 155. 

 Nightjar, 106, 107 fig., 108-113, 140, 



154, 256, 288 ; evil repute, 106, 107 ; 



names, 106-109; migration, 109, no, 



268; note, in; colour, in, 112; 



nesting, 288; eggs, 112. 

 Norfolk, 117, 280. 

 Norfolk Plover, 119. 

 North Sea, 272-274. 

 Northumberland, 213. 

 Norton Lees, 159. 

 Norway, 50. 

 Nottinghamshire, 114, 134, 198, 200, 



208. 



November, bird-life in, 291. 

 Nuthatch, 154. 



October, bird-life in, 290. 

 Orkneys, 52, 71, 83, 99, 209, 240. 

 Osprey, 94, 95. 

 Ouzel, Mountain, 52. 



Ring-, 34, 52, 53 fig., 54-57, 59, 171, 



184 ; nocking, 289 ; migration, 53, 

 54, 267, 271, 290; nesting, 288; 

 song, 55. 



Tor, 52. 



Water, 18. 

 Ouzels, 287. 

 Owl, Barn, 184, 



Churn, 108. 



Fern, 108. 



Long-eared, 137. 



Short-eared, 122, 123 fig., 124, 125; 



migration, 265, 269, 277, 278; 

 nest, 124, 125; eggs, 125. 



Tawny, 144. 



Owls, 20, 1 10. 112, 140, 144. 151, 185, 



256; migration, 278. 

 Owler Bar, 53. 

 Oyster-catcher, 104, 210, 218, 226. 



Partridge, English, 121. 



Red-legged, 121. 

 Partridges, 43, 107, 181. 

 Passeres, 16, 132, 154. 

 Passerines, 46, 115, 127. 



Peak District, 13, 34, 52, 82, 236, 238. 

 Pennine chain, 52. 

 Pentland Firth, 240. 

 Penzance, 49. 



Peregrine, 59, 76-78, 85, 86, 239, 250. 

 Petrel, Fork-tailed, 232, 254, 255 fig., 

 280; nest, 254-255; eggs, 255, 256. 



Stormy, 193, 232, 256, 280. 

 Petrels, 232, 233, 258, 260. 

 Pettichaps, 183. 



Peveril Castle, 237. 



Phalarope, Red-necked, 93, 99, ico ; 



migration, 268. 

 Pheasant, 43, 107, 121, 132, 135, 142, 



145, 148. 149, 151, 288, 291. 

 Picidoe, 154. 

 Pigeon, 82, 148. 

 Pinnacles, 240, 243. 

 Pipit, Meadow, 46-48, 59, 127, 284, 



290; flocking, 289; migration, 46, 47, 



282 ; nesting, 47, 48 ; song, 47. 



Rock, 213, 226. 



Tree, 114, 175, 287, 289; migration, 



268. 



Pipits, 181, 187; migration, 290. 

 Plover, Golden, 69, 70; migration, 264, 

 279; nest, 70; eggs, 70. 



Gray, migration, 265, 266. 



Norfolk, 119. 



Ringed, 104, 193, 206, 207, 210, 211 



fig., 212, 218, 225; migration, 266; 

 eggs, 212. 



Stone, 119. 



Thick-kneed, 119. 



Plovers, 34, 59, 66-68, 93, 94, 293 ; migra- 

 tion, 265, 269, 278, 282 ; nesting, 288. 



Pochard, 201, 207. 



Pool, By River and, 186. 



Protection of birds, 38. 



Protective coloration : Curlew, Stone, 

 117, 1 1 8, 120, 121 ; Grouse, Red, 43, 

 79; Grouse, Willow, 80; Gull, Lesser 

 Black - backed, 220; Plover, 212: 

 Ptarmigan, 76-79; Tern, Lesser, 211; 

 Tern, Sandwich, 223. 



Ptarmigan, 42, 75, 76, 78, 80, 81, 83; 

 protective coloration, 76, 78 ; note, 

 81 ; nest, 81 ; eggs, 81. 



Puckeridge, 109. 



