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Index. 



MACDONALD, Dr. George, 213. 

 Macgillivray (quoted), 256, 261. 

 Maclagan, Alexander (quoted), 



269. 

 Macleod, Dr. .Norman, and the 



starling, 31. 



MacTaggart, W., R.S.A., 213. 

 MacWhirter, John, R.A., 208. 

 Magnolia-tree, 137. 

 Mallard, the, 253-255. 

 Mallard in flight, 126. 

 Man, Isle of, and the sea-birds, 268. 

 Manor, the, 218. 

 Medlar-tree, 139. 

 Melrose Abbey, 227. 

 Mergansers, the, 256. 

 Milton (quoted), 173. 236. 

 Minnehaha, 182. 

 Moles, 89, 124, 149. 

 Moonlight on the pond, 70-71. 

 Mosse's Wood, 168. 

 Moths, the night-, 72, 168. 

 Mountain-ash (rowan-tree), 139. 

 Muckle-mou'ed Meg, 229. 

 Miiller, F. (quoted), 199. 



NAPIER, Mr. Groome, 60. 

 Neidpath Castle, 229. 

 Nest-building, odd places for, 39. 

 Nest of wren, 25. 

 Nettles, 16. 



Nightingales at the Vicarage, 135. 

 Nightingale, A Hunt for the, 325. 

 Nightingale's nest, 327. 

 Nightjar, the, 169 ; eggs of, 171. 

 Norham, 227-228, 229. 

 "North, Christopher," 237. 

 Northesk, the, 212. 

 Northumberland, Duke of, 303. 

 Nuthatch, the, 178, 179. 

 Nutting, 103. 



OAK-TREES, 51, 87, 119, 138, 139. 

 Ockley, 168. 

 Orchard, the, 183. 



Otters, 221. 



Owl, the, 125, 179. 



Owl, the barn-, 52, 69. 



PAUPERHAUGH, or Pepperhaugh, 



298. 



Peel towers, 290. 

 Penguins, 259, 263. 

 Petrels, the, 263. 

 Pike-shooting, 184. 

 Pintail, the, 252. 

 Plane-tree or sycamore, 45-46 : 



the Samarras, 47-48. : -. . 

 Plantain, 14. 

 Poachers, why they don't like 



traps, 129. 



Poaching cats, 124-125. 

 Poaching, salmon, 295. 

 Pomegranate, 137. 

 Pond, my, 49 ; sunset effect on 



it, Si- 

 Primroses, 1C, 79, 97. 



evening, 73. 

 Privet hedge?, 97, 105. 



QUAIR, the, 225. 

 Quincey, Thomas de, 85 (note], 

 106, 235. 



RAWNSLEY, Mr. H. D. (quoted), 



267. 



Rabbiting, 90-91. 

 Rabbits, 124, 129, 165. 

 Rabbits' tails, why white, 75. 

 Rachan Valley, 210. 

 Rats, 93, 128, 129. 

 Rawson, Rev. A., 324. 

 Red lands Wood, 172. 

 Reek?, Mr. Henry, 332. 

 Rhabdomancy (note), 851. 

 Ring dotterel, the, 263. 

 Roach, the, 181. 

 Robins and wrens, 25 ; Robin 



(building), 26, 64, in, 113, 



116, 141, 142. 



