INDEX. 



469 



North Sunderland Pele Tower, Notice 



of, 345. 

 Northumbrians, on the Stature, Bulk, 



and Colour of the Eyes and Hair 



of, 133 ; between Tyne and Tweed, 



141. 



(Enanthe crocata eaten by sheep, 22, 



159. 

 Oliver, William, Notes on Natural 



History, 127. 

 Opah, or King Fish, 97." 

 Orchis pyramid lis, Notice of, 173. 

 Ornithological Notes, 84, 96, 127, 



246, 247, 433. See Birds. 



Partridge, Food of, 128, 430. 

 Peregrine Falcon, Food of. 368 ; 



Notice of, 400. 

 Pest Knowe, 411. 

 Peucedanum Ostruthium, 196. 

 Picus Major, 3. 

 Pied Flycatcher, 426. 

 Places of Meeting, 99, 174, 284, 289, 



291,294, 302, 307,456. 

 Plants, rare Genera and Species of, 



found on the Tweed and Gala, in 



1868, 73. 

 Plants, Notices of, 71, 173, 176, 196, 



292, 295-300, 303, 304, 308, 309. 



See Botanical Notices. 

 Poa Sudetica, Notice of, 440 . 

 Postman's Rig, 311. 

 Poultry, feed on Mice, 430. 

 Procter (Rev. Win., jun.) on Dod- 



dington, 146, &c 

 Procter-steads, near Dunstan, 45. 

 Proctors of Shawdon and Rock, 60. 

 Psamma Baltica discovered by Mr. 



Richardson, 441. 

 Purple Sandpiper, 248. 

 Pygmy Gull, 84. 



Quail, 247, 400. 



Queen Mary's Visit to Hermitage. 42. 

 Querns, Ancient, 313, 349, 353, 369, 

 870,412, 415. 



Rainfall, Statements of,|98,"175, 285, 



455. 

 Rainfall of 1872, on the, 443. 

 Rsm ay, Lord Bothwell, 13. 

 Rat, some curious habits of, 398. 

 Ravens, 128, 248, 400. 

 Redbreast Nest, curious, 96. 

 Ring-dove, or Wood-pigeon, food of, 



367, 429. 



Ringly Hall, 222. 



King-Ouzel, Nest of, 96. 



Rings and Ornaments, British, 414. 



Rock, de, family of, 58, 62. 



Rock Hall, 44, 45 ; its History, 57, 



Rock-pipet, Habits of, 426. 



Roman Road, 149. 



Rooks in hill pastures, 367. 



Rory's Gair, 370. 



Salkelds of Rock, 59, 63. 



Salmon, Food of, 432 ; Weight of 



those of the Tweed, 432. 

 Salmonidse of the Tweed, Experi- 

 ments on, 375. 

 Sand-grouse, supposed re appearance 



of, 344. 

 Scandix Pecten-Veneris, names of, 



159. 

 Scaphander lignarius, 95. 

 Scott, Dr. J. Robson, Arrival of 

 Summer Birds at Belford (Bow- 

 mont water), 385. 

 Scrapers of Flint, 413. 

 Sea-borne Reeds, Notice of, 83. 

 Shaw, ¥m,, Botanical Notices, 283. 

 Sharp Monument at Bamburgh, 327. 

 Shield, Ancient Scottish, 400. 

 Shoveller Duck, 431. 

 Silver Chain found, 18. 

 Simpson, Rev. F. R., Rainfall at 

 North Sunderland, 98, 175, 285, 

 455; on a Mock Moon, 196; his 

 Address, 288; on the Sand-grouse, 

 344 ; on the Pele Tower at North 

 Sunderland and some Coins, 345 ; 

 on Migratory Birds in 1872, 382. 

 Sirex Gigas and S. Juvencus, 306. 

 Siskin at Langleyford, 367. 

 Slips of peat originating lines of 



stones on hill- faces, 371. 

 Smail, James, Zoological Notes, 96. 

 Smew, 435. 

 Soulis, family of, 26. 

 Sparganium simplex, History of, 154. 

 Spiders of the Cheviot Hills, 264, 394. 

 Spiders of Berwickshire, 267 

 Spindlestone Hill, 296, 297. 

 Spotted Crake, 435. 

 Spottiswood House, 119. 

 Squamaria gelida, 436. 

 Squirrel on Rule water, 53 ; near 



Alnwick, 268. 

 Stamford Manor, 86. 

 Standing Stones, &c, 244, note. 

 Starling, Habits of, 366, 400, 421; 

 White do., 434. 



