INDEX. 
MERRETT, CHRISTOPHER, 207-8. 
Migration, First observers of, 9; 
Brown’s observations on, 202. 
Murrett, Dr. (or Morrerr), 158; 
sees Bustards, 175. 
Mutiens, W. H., 41, 86, 152; on an 
anonymous pamphlet, 163. 
Nets for Stints, 143; for Woodcocks, 
144, 192; for Wild-Ducks, 142; 
for Ruffs, 230. 
NeEwTon, ProFessor, 104; on the 
Goshawk, 29; his letters to 
““ Notes and Queries,’’ 103, 106; 
his opinion about the Crane, 167. 
Nightingalo, 67. 
Norfolk, Map of, 178; 
185; Swan rolls, 
Nutcracker, 223, 229. 
Horsey in, 
111. 
Osprey, 154, 198; early references 
to, 44, 157, 161; used for hawk- 
ing, 162. 
Otis tarda, 3, 173-6; the slow bird, 176. 
OWEN, GEORGE, 191-2; his account 
of the Woodcock, 191. 
Owl, Barn, 154. 
, Hagle, 155. 
——, Little, 224. 
——, Screech, 73. 
——., Short-eared, 234. 
Pale-Poche in Brittany, 156. 
Partridge, 69-71; in the twelfth 
century, 39; in the fifteenth 
century, 90; in the sixteenth 
century, 94, 103, 134. 
, Red-legged, 203. 
Peacock ‘‘ enhakyll,’’ 107. 
Peafowl, 51, 57, 103; introduced by 
the Romans, 17; in the fifteenth 
century, 86, 90; in the sixteenth 
century, 107, 136. 
Pelican, 12, 28; at a coronation 
dinner, 86. 
PENNANT, THOS., 228-35; on the 
Crane, 169. 
Pheasant, in the twelfth century, 39 ; 
brought by Romans, 17; in 1289, 
57; other early references, 70, 
W187: 
Pigeon, 8, 9, 51, 125. 
, Wood, 81, 222. 
Platalea leucorodia, 177. 
Priot, Rosert, 186. 
Plover, 16, 70, 71, 90-94, 103. 
, Golden, 122, 199. 
——, Gray, 147. 
——, White, 127. 
239 
Popelar, 179, 131; or Popler, 179. 
Puffin, 62, 64, 77, 138; kept alive 
by Caius, 157; known as mullet, 
117. 
Quail, 9, 46, 90; or “ Qualye,”’ 
in Norfolk, 134, 203. 
Raven, 3, 16, 46, 73; Folklore of, 
31; in the Saxon Chronicle, 22; 
Variety of, 158. 
Ray, JoHN, 215-25; his first itiner- 
ary, 215; his second itinerary, 
216; his third itinerary, 217; his 
journey through Europe, 222. 
Razorbill, 1. 
Redshank, 94, 199, 233. 
““ Rees’’ (Rufis and Reeves), 
Robin, 72, 73. 
Rook, 73, 145; Acts 
81, 144. 
Ruff, 199; 
163 ; 
man, 
94; 
87-89. 
about the, 
figured by Aldrovandus, 
seventy-two netted by one 
230. 
Scoulton Mere in Norfolk, 185. 
Shovelar, a name for the Spoonbill, 
181, 132; spelled Shouelard, 178. 
Sildebas, the Herring-bird, 95. 
Skindernis, the Gannet, 95. 
Snipe, 46, 69, 71, 90, 209; in the 
le Straunge accounts, 126. 
, Jack, 117, 147. 
Solan Goose, 92-5; remains of, 1, 2, 
24; legends about, 29, 30; at 
Lundy Island, 60-62. 
Sparrow, 72; ‘“ Phyllyp,” 81, 91 ; 
given as rent, 137. 
Sparrow-hawk, 32, 102, 139, 153, 156. 
Spoonbill, 3, 58, 73, 131; breeding 
in Norfolk, 178 ; in Scotland, 180 ; 
J. E. Harting on the, 177. 
Spowe, or ‘‘ Spoe,” 124. 
Starling, 19, 20, 73, 79; destructive 
to reeds, 232. 
Stint, 87, 143. 
Stork, White, 3, 5, 72; at Edinburgh, 
80; on the Hellespont, 155. 
, Black, 223. 
Sula serrator, 30. 
Swallow, 72; of the classics, 11. 
-stone, 31. 
Swan, 57, 69-71, 82-90, 94, 109 ; 
old names for, 114; -pit at 
Norwich, 115; rights, 110; rolls, 
lll. 
——, Wild-, 46, 123. 
Ticenurst, N. F., 57, 130, 174. 
Teal, 16, 57, 94, 124. 
, Garganey, 204. 
