xxii WILD SPORTS OF THE HIGHLANDS 



My Pugnacious Peregrine ""^oa 



The Sparrowhawk 103 



Kestrels ••■...... . 100 



The Otter in his Haunts no 



The Otter's Attack . . . . . . . .11? 



The Weasel's Victim ...... . . 116 



Deer and Hounds ..... 



123 



A Hunting Bulldog . . . . . . . _ .124 



My Pets •■••....... 134 



Wood-Pigeons ...*.., • ■ • 13? 



Across Cromarty Bay ..... 



Wild Duck 14^ 



143 



The Sympathetic Mate . . 15, 



Oyster-Catchers at Home .... ... 154 



Logie House ... ...... 161 



Water-Hen .......... 162 



Loch Indorbh . . . . . . . .171 



Shooting Wild Geese . . . . . . . . .172 



Site of Heronry on the Findhorn ...... 182 



Sandhills of Moray ......... 183 



A Cautious Peep . 191 



Death of my First Stag . . . . . . .192 



Findhorn Bay . 199 



The Findhorn River ......... 200 



The Valley of the Findhorn . . . . . . .203 



Crossing the Burn . . . . . . . . .205 



Valley of the Findhorn ........ 210 



DuLSlE Bridge . . . . . . . . .211 



The Hills of Sutherland from the Moors above the Findhorn . 215 



Relugas House 217 



The Sentinel .......... 218 



Swans in the Bay 224 



Thb Water-Ouzel .225 



Terns on Salmon Stakes 229 



The Moray Firth from Dava .231 



