CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 



CHAPTER VII. 



Another Osprey"s Nest ; Variety of Eggs — Golden Eagle ; 

 Manner of Hunting; decrease of— Egg Collectors — Mr. 



Hancock's Collection — Nests of Eagles ; Animals killed by 



The Mountain Hare — Fishing of Osprey . Page 105 



CHAPTER VIII. 



County of Sutherland ; Variety of Climate and Soil — List of 

 Birds ; of Hawks ; Owls ; of the smaller Land Birds ; of the 

 Crow Tribe ; Pigeons, &c 117 



CHAPTER IX. 



List continued — Game Birds ; Destruction of by Shepherds — 

 Plovers — Sandpipers and Snipes, &c. — Waterfowl ; Swans, 

 Geese, varieties of Ducks, Grebes, Terns, Gulls, &c. — De- 

 crease of many kinds of birds— Egg Dealers . . 133 



CHAPTER X. 



Deer Hounds — Deer Forest in Sutherlandshire — Effect of the 

 Forests on Deer — The Stag casting his Horns — Hinds and 

 Calves — Courage of the Hind — Poaching Shepherds — 

 Value of Horns — Fighting of Stags — Highland Forester — 

 Breed of Deer-Hounds 144 



CHAPTER XL 



Agriculture in Sutherlandshire — Facilities of reaching the 

 County — Caledonian Canal — Travelling in Sutherland — 

 Inns, excellent management of — Lairg — Tongue — Durness 

 — Scowrie — Inchnadamph — Inveran — Conclusion of 

 Sutherlandshire 159 



