INDEX 
Arctic-breeding Ducks : 
Variation in nesting materials and down of, i. 125 
Audubon, on the nest of the Surf-Scoter, ii. 83 
Author : 
Account of destruction of a Heronry at Loch Leven, 
ii. 91 
Account of flight of ducks before a White-tailed Eagle, 
i. 105 
Account of Mallard shooting on Loch Leven, ii. 130 
Account of a stalk at Goosanders in Argyllshire, ii. 92 
Account of sea-duck shooting outside Leith harbour, ii. 
57, 58 
Anecdote connected with Merganser shooting in Orkney, 
ii. 112 
On descent of Golden-Eye young from nest, i. 94, 95 
On Golden-Eye at Perthbridge, i. 90 
On Golden-Eye escaping Peregrine on Loch Leven, i. 91 
On method of Skua in attacking Long- tailed Duck, i. 126 
On Satin-Bower bird courtship at the Zoo, i. 93 
Possesses Hooded Merganser, adult male, shot in Ire- 
land, ii. 114 
Possesses King-Eider male, old and young, ii. 37 
Possesses Long-tail female with plumage tending to that 
of male, i. 1 16 
Possesses Red-breasted Merganser male in full eclipse, 
ii. 102 
Possesses Velvet-Scoter in eclipse plumage, ii. 72 
Baer's Pochard. See under Pochard 
Baker, Stuart : 
On Baer's Pochard, immature male, i. 42 
On the habitat of the Ferruginous Duck, i. 35 
On distribution of Red-crested Pochard, i. 7 
On shooting Red-crested Pochard, i. 12 
Baldamus, Dr., on Red-crested Pochard nest, i. 12 
Barrow's Golden-Eye. See under Golden-Eye 
Bedford, Duchess of, on habitat of the Pochard, i. 21 
Blaauw, F. E. : 
Note on Ferruginous Duck in confinement, i. 41 
Paper on the breeding and development of the Eider- 
Duck, ii. 30 
Blasius, R. : 
On breeding haunts of the Tufted Duck in Germany, i. 52 
On methods employed in collection, sale, &c., of eider 
down, ii. 28 
Brehm, classification of the various European Eiders by, ii. i 
Brewster, W., note on descent of Golden-Eye young from 
elevated nest, i. 95 
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Brooks, Allan : 
Notes on the Buffel-headed Duck, i. 110, in 
On breeding of Barrow's Golden-Eye in the Cariboo dis- 
trict, British Columbia, i. 102 
On colour and markings of Barrow's Golden-Eye, i. 100 
Briinnich, M. Thrane, description of the Swedish Eider, ii. 6 
Buffel-headed Duck, Clangula albeola (Linnaeus), i. 106 et seqq. 
Breeding, i. 108, 109, no 
Breeding range, i. 108, in 
Call, i. 109, no 
Colour of feet and legs, i. 107 and note i 
Courtship, i. 109, no, in 
Diet, i. no 
Distribution, i. 108, 109 
Diving, i. 109 
Eggs, i. 106, no 
Feeding, i. 109 
Flesh, i. 109 
Flight, i. 109 
Habitat, i. 109 
Habits, i. 108-110 
Local names, i. xo6 
Measurements, i. 107 
Migration range, i. 108 
Nest, i. 106, 108, no 
In treeless districts, i. no 
Nesting habits, i. no 
Plumage : 
Adult female, i. 107, 109 
Adult male, i. 107 
Eclipse, i. 107, no 
Immature female, i. 107 
Immature male, i. 106 
Young, i. 106 
Quickness in diving and taking to flight, i. 109 
Shooting, i. 109 
Collection of ducks and geese, on, ii. 126, 132 
Best way to obtain a series of sea ducks, ii. 133 
Common Scoter. See under Scoter 
Dalrymple, Lord, note on remarkable shot at Wigeon with 
i2-bore gun, ii. 130, 131 
Deichmann, Dr., on Barrow's Golden-Eye in West Green- 
land, i. 103, 104 
Diving ducks, i. i et seqq. 
Albinos, i. 80 
Birth date, approximate, i. 3 
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