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INDEX. 
Correen Hills, 139 note. 
Coriiisk in Skye, 28. 
Corvus corax, lol ; comix, 147 ; corone, 
147 ; frugiUgus, 148 j monedula, 146, 
306. 
Gotile riparia, 124. 
Coitus huhalis, 265 ; gohio, 265 ; quadri- 
cornis, 265 ; scorpius, 265. 
Coturnix comviunis, 202, 311. 
Cowch (^^ British Fishes"), on plain bonito, 
263 ; on Bank's oar fish, 272. 
Coul Beg, adder abundant on, 247. 
Coul More, adder common on, 247. 
Couper, James, 11. 
Courser, cream-coloured, 211. 
Craigbeg, 23. 
Craigmore, 23. 
Craig Riabliach, 60. 
Craig Vhodich, 66. 
Craig Voakie, 66. 
Crakaig, otter at, 79 ; rookery at, 149 ; 
turtle-dove from, 200 ; badger killed 
at, 303. 
Crake, Baillon's, 207 ; corn, 207 ; little, 
207 ; spotted, 207, 311. 
Cramond, Mr., of Thurso, 210. 
Crask Inn, 60. 
Crawford, J. , 80, 82, 95 ; on the redstart, 
106 ; on the long-tailed titmouse, 1 13 ; 
on the cole tit, 114 ; on the great grey 
shrike, 119 ; on the buUfincli at 
Tongue, 133 ; reports carrion crow at 
Kirkton, 147 ; observes swifts at 
Tongue, 153 ; observes nightjar at 
Tongue, 154 ; on the barn owl, 159 ; 
includes tawny owl, 161 ; on the eagle 
at Tongtie, 167 ; on the pochard, 191 ; 
on the turtle-dove, 200 ; on coot in 
Farr, 208 ; on the sturgeon, 257 ; men- 
tions doree, 262 ; on tunny, 263 ; re- 
ports hake, 276 ; reports turbot, 278. 
Crawford of Lairg Hotel, 212. 
Creeper, 115. 
Creich, parish of, 22, 26, 28. 
Grenilabms melops, 273. 
Orex hailloni, 207 ; praiensis, 207. 
Cromalt Hills, 14, 29. 
Cromarty, 14. 
Crossbill, 134 ; nests in Balblair Wood, 
22 ; European white-winged, 134; par- 
rot, 133 ; two-barred, 135. 
Crossopus remifer, 72 ; fodiens, 72. 
Crow, carrion, 147 ; hooded, 35, 147. 
Grystallogohius nillsoni, 268. 
Gtenolahrus rupestris, 273. 
Cuckoo, 158. 
Guculus canorus, 158. 
Culbin Sands, Moray Firth, 48 ; stock- 
dove at, 199 note. 
Culgower, water-shrew at, 72. 
Cunninghame, Geognosy of Gaithness, 8. 
Curlew, 35, 226. 
Gyclopterus lumpus, 266. 
Gyrjnus bewicJcii, 187 ; musicus, 186 ; olor, 
186. 
Gynosurus cristatus, 31. 
Gypselus apus, 153. 
Cystophora cristata, 83. 
Dab, rough, 279 ; smear, 279 ; common, 
280. 
Dace, 282. 
iJactylis glomerata, 31. 
Dafila acuta, 190, 309. 
Dalgleish, on North American birds in 
Europe, 193. 
Dalvina, common gulls near, 231. 
Daiicus carota, 31. 
Davidson, 122. 
Dawkins, Boyd, on the wild-boar, 67 ; 
Gave-himting, 67. 
Day, Dr. Francis (British Fishes), 7 ; on 
surmullet, 259 ; on bream, 259 ; on sea 
bream, 260 ; records bergylt, 260 ; on 
black fish, 262 ; on tunny, 263 ; on 
pogge, 266 ; records shanny, 269 ; 
records YarreU's blenny, 269 ; on 
stickleback, 270; records doubly-spotted 
sucker, 271 ; on deal-fish, 271 ; on 
doubly-spotted sucker, 271 ; records 
Bank's-oar fish, 272 ; on hake, 276 ; 
records hake, 276 ; on lesser forkbeard 
277 ; on larger launce, 277 ; on tench, 
282 ; on the minnow, 282 ; on straight- 
nosed pipe fish, 295 ; on lancelet, 297. 
Deal-fish, 271. 
Dee, fauual area of, 59. 
Deer, fallow, 88; red, 68, 87 ; found 
about Coir-na-fearn, 23 ; in a.d. 1630, 
65. 
Delphinapterus leucas, 85. 
Delphinus aUdrostris, 86 ; acutus, 86 ; 
delphis, 69, 86 ; orca, 69 ; tursio, 86. 
Dempster of Skibo, 88, 158 ; introduces 
pike, 283. 
Denmark, faunal connection with, 62. 
Dentex vulgaris, 259. 
Dermid, 66. 
Deveron, minnow in, 282. 
