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Aardvaar (or Ardvar), 40; sheep of, 50 ; 
white-tailed eagle breeding in, 169 ; 
grouse rare in, 204. 
Aberdeen, white whale forwarded to, 85. 
Acanthias vulgm'h, 254. 
Accentor modularis, 112. 
Accipiter nisus, 170. 
A cerina cernua, 258. 
Achany, rough-legged buzzard at, 166; 
hobby shot at, 175. 
Achavarasdale, merlin shot at, 176 ; 
pintail shot at, 190 ; ruff sliot at, 221. 
Achillea millefiorium, 31. 
Achindiiich, albino white-tailed eagle 
killed at, 169. 
Achintoul, snowy owl killed at, 162 ; 
pheasant at, 310. 
Achumore, wolf killed at, 65. 
Accipenser sturio, 257. 
Ackergill, 54, 55 ; redstart at, 107 ; 
great grey slirike at, 119; martin 
breeds near, 123 ; lesser tern near, 
228. 
Ackergill Bay, basse caught in, 258 ; sole 
caught in, 280. 
Ackergill Tower, 2. 
Acredula rosea, 113. 
Acrocephaliis sckcenobrmus, 112, 304. 
Actitis h>/poleucos, 222. 
Adder, 247. 
Aegialitis hiaticula, 213. 
yEnaig (Ainag, Eanaig, Einaig), the river, 
29, 41 ; salmon in, 285. 
Agricultural Survey of Caithness, 96. 
Agrostis vulgaris, 31. 
Ainag, river. See J5naig. 
Alauda arvensis, 143. 
Alca ivipennis, 62, 239 ; torda, 62, 239. 
Alcedo ispida, 156. 
Alopecias vulpes, 253. 
Alopecurus prafensis, 31. 
Alston, Edward R., On the Mammals and 
Reptiles of Sutherland, 7 ; Fauna of 
Scotland, 7 ; on the mole, 71 ; on the 
mammals of Sutherland, 72 ; on the 
redstart, 106 ; on the siskin, 125 ; on 
the lizard, 248 ; records the great- 
crested newt, 250 ; on palmated newt 
251. 
Altnaharrow, 60 ; firs at, 42 ; stone-chat 
at, 105 ; redstart at, 106 ; wood-wren 
at, 111 ; swallow seems absent from, 
122 ; house-sparrow common at, 127 ; 
chatiBnch at, 129 ; yellowhammer at, 
136 ; skylark common at, 144 ; snowy 
owl obtained at, 162 ; Iceland falcon 
taken at, 173 ; Bewick's swan shot at, 
187 ; nest of widgeon got at, 191 ; ring- 
dove seen at, 198 ; black-game at, 205 ; 
water-rail seen at, 207 ; red-necked 
phalarope at, 216. 
Ammodytes lanceolatus, 277 ; tohianus, 
278. 
Ampelis garrulus, 120. 
Anas boschas, 188. 
Anarrhichas lupus, 268. 
Ancliovy, 292. 
Anderson, Dr. Josepli, 68 ; Notice of the 
Brochs of Yarhouse, etc. (1871), 68. 
Anderson's Guide to the Highlands, etc., 
(1863), 8. 
Angler, the, 243, 264. 
Angn'illa vulgaris, '293. 
All (Jills fragilis, 249. 
Anser alhifrons, 185, ,309 ; h-achyrynchus, 
185 ; cinercus, 183, 308 ; segetmn, 185. 
Antenaria dioica, 31. 
Anthoxanthum odoratuni, 31. 
Anthus obscurus, 118 ; pratensls, 117 ; 
trivialis, 118, 304. 
Anthyllls vulnerarla, 31. 
Aquila chryscetos, 167, 307. 
Arbuthnot's Account of Peterhead (1815), 
5. 
Archibuteo lagopus, 166. 
Arctic tundra, reference to, 33. 
Ardea cinerea, 181. 
Ardvrak Castle, vii ; osprey at, Plate, 177. 
