INDEX. 
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Bell, Prof. T., 84; his British Quadru- 
peds (1874), 7 ; on water-shrew, 73 ; 
on white whale, 85. 
Bellis perennis, 31. 
Belone vidgarls, 283. 
Beluga, 85. 
Ben Arkle, 30. 
Ben Armine, 1, 23, 60 ; peregrine falcon 
at, 174 ; shoveller found dead at, 189 ; 
ptarmigan scarce on, 203. 
Ben Braggie, 22, 24. 
Ben Clibrick, I, 23, 155 ; ptarmigan 
scarce on, 203 ; dotterel on, 211. 
Ben Coul Beg, 28. 
Ben Coul More, 28. 
Ben Chaoran (also called Ben Harran), 
meaning of, 17 ; 30, 60 ; wheatear at 
summit of, 103 ; ptarmigan on, 203 ; 
sandpiper in old pass over, 222. 
Ben Griam, Little, 87. 
Bens Griam, 23 ; mountain hare on, 94 ; 
rabbits on, 96 ; ptarmigan disappears 
from, 203. 
Ben Hee, 30, 59, 60 ; white-tailed eagle 
bred on, 169. 
Ben Hope, 28, 30, 36 ; mole near, 71 ; 
eggs of merlin from, 175 ; charr in Loch 
on, 290. 
Ben Horn, 24 ; ptarmigan seen on, 203. 
Ben Laoghal (Loyal), 30, 66 ; ring-dove 
at, 198. 
Ben Mohr— Coigach, 28. 
Ben More— Assyut, 30, 34, 59 ; hedge- 
sparrow at, 112 ; reed bunting at, 137 ; 
yitarmigan on, 203. 
Ben Rossal, 60. 
Ben Smeorale, 24. 
Ben Spionuaidli, 30. 
Ben Stack, 30, 42, 59. 
Ben Uarie, 24 ; ptarmigan now absent 
from, 203. 
Ben Uidhe (Uie), .30, .34 ; ptarmigan on, 
203. 
Ben Vaddu, 60. 
Ben a Veallich, 24. 
Bergylt, 260. 
Berneray, 48. 
Bernicla hrenta, 185, 309 ; leucopsis, 186. 
Berriedale, 2, 16, 45, 53, 54, 75 ; roe-deer 
at, 89 ; squirrel possibly in, 90 ; missel- 
thrush breeds at, 98 ; song-thrush seen 
at, 99 ; water-ouzel in, 103 ; grey wag- 
tail at, 117 ; martin at, 124 ; buUfiuch 
at, 133 ; nightjar at, 154; rough-legged 
buzzard often seen at, 167 ; eagles at, 
168 ; Greenland falcon trapped at, 173 ; 
kestrel at, 177 ; pheasant abundant at, 
201 ; black game at, 206 ; black game 
spreading from, 205 ; woodcock breeds 
at, 217 ; greater spotted woodpecker 
shot at, 306. 
Berriedale, the river, 17, 19, 56; salmon 
in, 284. 
Berwick, bittern, range of, 182. 
Berwickshire, knot in, 220. 
Bettyhill, long-tailed titmouse at, 113; 
common bunting seen at, 135 ; nest of 
heron at, 181 ; partridge at, 202 : 
grouse scarce about, 204 ; black-headed 
gull breeds near, 230. 
Bib, 275. 
Bidwell, E., on White's thrush, 100; 
honey-buzzard inspected by, 172 ; in- 
spects Dr. Sinclair's collection, .302. 
Bighouse Ba}% rookery at, 149. 
Bittern, 182; American, 182. 
Black's Guide io Scotland, 8. 
Blackbird, 100. 
Blackcap warbler, 108. 
Black fish, 2lj2. 
Black-tailed godwit, rarity of, in Scotland, 
225. 
Blackwater, the, 24 ; buzzard's nest be- 
side, 165 ; eel ascends falls of, 293. 
Blemiius cjalerita, 269 ; gattorugine, 268 ; 
phoUs, !269. 
Blenny, gattoruginoiis, 268 ; Montagu's, 
269 ; viviparous, 269 ; Yarrell's, 269. 
Blow-holes, 47, 51. 
Blue tit, 115. 
Boathaven, basking shark at, 253. 
Bonar Bridge, 14 ; whitethroat at, 108 : 
long-eared owl at, 160 ; marsh harrier 
said to have been shot at, 164 ; red- 
necked phalarope seen near, 216 ; green 
sandpiper killed at (1844), 222; Buifon's 
skua killed near, 312. 
Bonito, plain, 263. 
Booth, observes swifts near Durness, 153 ; 
on sparrow-hawk in Sutherland, 171 ; 
on the shoveller, 189 ; on the goosander, 
195 ; water-rail seen by, at Lairg, etc., 
207 ; on red-necked phalarope, 216 ; 
on great black-backed gull, 233. 
Borgie, sand-martin on the, 124. 
Bos longifrons, 67, 68 ; taurus, 89. 
BoianruK lentiginosus, 182 ; stellaris, 182. 
Bottle Island, 30. 
Braebag, 59, 70 ; ptarmigan on, 203. 
Braemore, 88 ; merlin shot at, 176. 
