WILD SPORTS OF THE HIGHLANDS 



CHAPTER VI 



PAGE 



Salmon-fishing — Salmon ascending Fords — Fishers — Cruives — Right of 

 Fishing — Anecdote — Salmon-leaps — History of the Salmon — Spear- 

 ing Salmon — River Poaching — Angling — Fly-making — Eels — Lam- 

 preys ........... 62 



CHAPTER VII 



Short-eared Owl : Habits of — Long-eared Owl — Tame Owl — White Owl 

 — Utility of Owls — Mice — Rats : Destructiveness of — Water Rats : 

 Food of — Killing Rats — (Ratcatchers ...... 72 



CHAPTER VIII 



Crossbills : Habits of ; Nest — Snowy Owl — Great-eared Owl — Hoopoe 

 — Shrike — ^Tawny and Snow Bunting — Lizards^ — Singular Pets — 

 Toads : Utility of ; Combats of — Adders — Dog and Snakes — Large 

 Snake — Blind-Worm 80 



CHAPTER IX 



On the Peculiarities and Instinct of different Animals — Eggs of Birds — 



Nests— The Fox— Red-Deer Hind 87 



CHAPTER X 



The Eagle : Habits ; Greediness ; Anecdotes of ; Killing Eagles ; Trap- 

 ping ; Food of — The Peregrine Falcon : Manner of Hunting — Tame 

 Falcon : Anecdotes of — Guinea-Hen and Ducks — ^The Osprey — The 

 Kite : Trapping — ^The Buzzard : Nests and Habits of . . -93 



CHAPTER XI 



The Hen-Harrier : Destructiveness to Game ; Female of ; Trapping — 

 The Sparrowhawk : Courage of ; Ferocity ; Nest — The Kestrel : 

 Utility of — The Merlin : Boldness — The Hobby — Increase of Small 

 Birds . ... . .... 103 



CHAPTER XII 



The Otter : Habits — Catching of — Shooting — Attachment to each other 



— ^Anecdotes — Fish killed by . . . . . . .no 



