INDEX 



Auk, Little, 285, 288 

 Avocet, 75 ; on Romney Marsh, 76 ; 

 description of plumage, 93 



Bittern, Common, 123 ; nest of, 123 ; 



local names, 124; haunts of, 126; 



on Essex side of the marshes, 128 ; 



description of plumage, 130 

 Bittern, Little, 129 

 Bustard, Great, I ; some of its old 



haunts, 2, 3, 5 ; running down of, 



3 ; food of, S ; description of 



plumage, 6 

 Bustard, Little, 5, 7 



Coot, 154 ; good to eat, 155 ; descrip- 

 tion of, 159 



Cormorant, Common, 303 ; trained to 

 catch fish for owners, 306, 308 



Cormorant, Green, 309 



Crake, Baillotis, 141, 157 



Crake, Corn, 143 ; local names, 143 ; 

 birds bagged in Sussex, 145 ; de- 

 scription of, 15S 



Crake, Little, 142, 158 



Crake, Spotted, 141, 157 



Curlew, 62 — 69 ; description of, 70 



Curlew, Stone, or Thick-knee, 9 — 15 



Diver, Black-throated, 291, 297 

 Diver, Great Northern, 290, 296 

 Diver, Red-throated, 293, ^98 

 Dotterel, Common, 20, 22, 23 

 Duck, Common Wild, or Mallard, i%y, 

 half-bred, 184 ; flight-shooting, 

 186 — 188; duck decoys, 189 — 196; 

 habits of, 189, 190; an old coy- 

 man of the North Kent marshes, 

 196 — 199; feeding of, 202 — 204; 

 a ballad from "Fen and Mere," 

 205, 206 ; plumage of, 206, 207 



Duck, Eider, 244 ; female Eider shot 



on a Surrey moor, 246 ; plumage, 



etc., 251 

 Duck, Pintail, 220^225 ; description 



of, 227 

 Duck, Scaup, 274 — 280, 282 

 Dunlin, 46 ; shore-shooting, 49 — 54 ; 



plumage, etc., 59 



Gadwall, 230, 247 



Ganiiet, 307, 308, 310 



Garganey, see Teal 



Godwit, Bar-tailed, 72, 91 



Godwit, Black-tailed, 73, 91 



Goldm-eye, 232, 247 



Goosander, 252 — 254; plumage, etc., 

 258 



Goose, Bean, "Wild goose" of shore- 

 shooters, 165, 173 



Goose, Bernacle, 166; "Hell-hounds," 

 167, 174 



Goose, Brent, 167 ; old shore-shooters 

 in quest of, 169 — 172; plumage, 

 etc., 174 



Goose, Greylag, 164, 165, 173 



Goose, Pink-footed, 166, 173 



Goose, White-fronted, 166, 174 



Grebe, Eared, 302 



Grebe, Great Crested, 294, 295 ; de- 

 scription of, 300 



Grebe, Horned, 301 



Grebe, Red-necked, 301 



Greenshank, 77 ; nesting habits of, 

 78 ; plumage of, 94 



Guillemot, 284, 287, 288 



Gull, Brown-hooded, 323 



Gull, Common, 317, 322 



Gull, Great Black-backed, 311 — 314 



Gull, Herring, 316, 321 



Gull, Iceland, 318, 321 



Gull, Lesser Black-hacked, 314, 315 



