Index 
Hooded Merganser, Mergus cucuUatus (Linnaeus). See Mer- 
ganser, Hooded 
Hume, on the Red-crested Pochard diving for food, i. lo 
Ireland : 
Distribution of Golden-Eye in, i. 88 
Spread of the Tufted Duck in, i. 51-52 
Jennings, George, shooting of Wigeon on "day-flight" at 
Tarlogie Ferry, ii. 130 
King-Eider. See under Eider 
Lascelles, Hon. Edward, note on the Golden-Eye in York- 
shire, i. 84 
Legge, Gerald : 
Cited, i. 10, 15, 50, 75 
Note on female Pochard going on to nest, i. 25 
On courtship of the Ferruginous Duck, i. 38 
On courtship of the Tufted Duck, i. 58 
On courtship show of the female Golden-Eye, i. 93 
Leven, Loch, ducks on, i. 50, 54, 59, 60, 61 ; ii. 91 
Lloyd, on the habits of the Eider- Duck, ii. 15 
London parks, ducks and other birds in, cited, ii. 137 
Long-tailed Duck, Clangula hy emails (Linnaeus), i. 112 et seqq. 
Account of, at Point Barrow, Alaska, i. 127 
Bill, peculiar junction with the skull, i. 115 
Breeding, i. 124, 125, 127 
Breeding range, i. 11 6-1 17 
Call, i. 121, 126 
Capture in nets and by decoy lines, i. 129 
Colour, i. 115 
Assimilation of, to surroundings, i. 115 
Control over wings on coming to surface of water, i. 92 
Courtship, i. 123-124 
Date of arrival at breeding grounds, i. 124, 126 
Devotion of male and female in nesting time, i. 125 
Diet, i. 118, 119, 122, 130 
Diving, i. 120-123, 130 
Depth of dive, i. 122, 123 
Regular succession in, i. 121 
Down, i. 112 ' 
Down in nest, i. 125 
Eggs, i. 112, 125 
Enemies of, i. 126, 127, 128 
Excitement of male in the breeding season, i. 89, 124, 126 
Feeding, i. 122, 123, 130 
Difficult to drive from their regular feeding grounds, 
i. 120, 122 
Of young, i. 126 
Females with a tendency to male plumage, i. 116 
Flesh unpalatable, i. 127, 129 
Flight, i. 120, 121 
Dislike to flying over land, i. 120 
Habit of swinging in, i. 120 
Rapid descent to water, i. 121 
" Towering," i. 121 
Long-tailed Duck {continued) — 
Habitat, i. 119 
Habits, i. 119 et seqq., 128 
Confiding and easily approached, i. 120, 121 
Devoted to the sea in winter, i. 119 
In alarm, i. 120 
In repose, i. 120 
Local, of young Long-tailed Ducks, i. 129 
Identification easy, i. 120 
Immatures, "bunching" habit of, i. 129 
In confinement, i. 130-13 1 
Incubation, i. 125, 128 
Local distribution of birds of different ages, i. 127 ; ii. 71 
Local names, i. 112 
Love fights of the male, i. 124 
Maturity, age of, i. 113, 115, 123 
Measurements, i. 115 
Migration, i. 119, 123, 124, 127 
Migration range, i. 11 7-1 19 
Nest, i. 125, 127 
Nesting, i. 124, 125 
Parasites, i. 128 "~ 
Plumage of adult female : 
Summer, i. 116 
Winter, i. 115-116 
Plumage of adult male : 
Dark form, i. 114 , 
Light form, i. 114 
Semi-eclipse plumage, i, 114-115 
Summer, i. 114, 115 
Variation in colour of the flanks, i. 114 
Winter, i. 1 14, 115 
Plumage of immature female, i. 115 
Plumage of immature male, i. 113 
Plumage of young, i. 112 _^ 
Shooting, i. 120, 128, 129; ii. 131, 132 
Immatures, i. 129 
Winged and wounded birds, i. 128, 129 
Swimming, i. 73 
Tameness, i. 128, 129 
In the Iceland rivers, i. 122 
" Towering," habit of, i. 121 
Types of, light and dark, i. 114 
Winter feeding grounds, i. 122 
Young life, i. 126, 127 
Love amongst the birds, i. 93 ; ii. 140 
M'Ilhenny, on arrival of King-Eider at Point Barrow, ii. 41 
Mackay, George, on the food and habits of the Scoters, 
ii. 82 
Mallard drake, colour changes in feathers of, i. 3 
Malloch, Mr., account of destruction of eggs by Hooded Crow, 
i. 61 
Manniche, Mr. : 
On enemies of young ducks in East Greenland, i. 127 
On habits and voice of the King-Eider, ii. 39 
Maximilian, on traps for ducks, ii. 145 et seqq. 
