INDEX. 
Midges in Scotland, 232 
Miller, Hugh, 107 
Moles, Strength of, 176 
>> Popular notion respecting, ib. 
Moorhens, destructive to fish-spawn, 
51 
Lofty flight of, at night, 
218 
Mortality among sea-birds, 235 
Mushroonis not eaten by Highlanders, 
136 
Mussels, 74 
» in Loch Creran, 80 
My Schools and Schoolmasters, 107 
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N. 
New Forest, 21 
33 Wood Pigeons attracted 
to, for beech-mast, 200 
Nightingale, Murder of, in Devon- 
shire, 209 
“Norway Widgeons,” 197 
Nurse, 83 
Nuts and Nutshells on Down, 222 
Nymphosolis, 149 
oO. 
Odynerus parietinus, 145 
Overalls, 99 
Oyster-Catcher, 233 
Oysters, 81 
Owl, Barn, harmless as regards Game, 
248 
Ox-bird, 206 
P. 
Parrots, Anecdotes of, 162 et seq. 
Partridge, Anecdote, of 156 
Disease among young, 231 
Disposition of egg-shells of, 
167 
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261 
Peewit, 215 
Pelopaus flavipes, 148 
Peregrine Falcons, Breeding of, 195 
Perch in ponds near Brussels, 43 
» taken with fly, 54 
Phalarope, Rednecked, 203 
Pheasant, Disposition of egg-shells, 
167 
sy Hatching by, 169 
a Himalayan, 168 
es Small eggs of, 169 
3 White, 168 
Phenicura tithys, 204 
Pigeon, Wood, 154 
Pike survived by his dinner, 256 
Plectrophanes nivalis, 204 
Plover, Grey, 206 
x» Golden, ib. 
Polery, Loch, 118, 120, 127 
Pompilus, 146 
Potamogeton crispum, 229 
“« Puddock-stools,’’ 137 
Puffins, suffering from disease, 235 
Q. 
Quail, 219 
R. 
Rail, Land, 218 
» Large bags of, 219 
Rats, Good haul of, 239 
» ina fix, 239 
Ravens, subject to fits, 246 
»  Superstitious respect for, 247 
Red-necked Phalarope, 203 
Redstart, Black, 204 
es Common, ib. 
Ring Dotterel, 206, 233 
Rings for Rod, 6, 7 
Roach, Increase of weight in, 467 
a Tameness of, 51 
Robins, Tameness of, 152 
fascinated by human eye, 182 
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