INDEX. 
321 
"Devil's Bridge," 47 j the rock-doves 
about, 199. 
" Dhu-lochans," 44. 
Dick, Robert, of Thurso, 8. 
Dionard, Strath of, 33, 36 ; the river, 33, 
60. 
Dipper, 102 ; often called kingfisher, 157. 
Dirrie-Chat, 87 ; More, 87. 
Diver, black-throated, 35, 243 ; great 
northern, 243 ; red-throated, 32 ; its 
shriek, 34 ; red-throated, 244. 
Dixon, C., Evolution without Natural 
Selection, 289 note ; on evolution, 289 
note. 
Doeg, W. H. , of Manchester, 7 ; on the 
great grey shrike, 119 ; receives white- 
tailed eagle from Caithness, 170 ; 
stuffed hen-harrier in possession of, 
165 ; obtains buzzard, 166 ; receives 
rough-legged buzzard from Ousdale, 
167 ; little auk with, 242. 
Dog, 67, 69. 
Dog-fish, black-mouthed, 254 ; picked, 
2.54 ; small-spotted, 254. 
Dolphin, 69 ; bottle-uosed, 86 ; common, 
86 ; white-beaked, 86 ; white-sided, 
86. 
Donald Mathieson, cliff-climber, 38. 
Doree, 262. 
Dornoch, 13 ; quail nests near, 21 ; parish 
of, 22, 26 ; woods of, 87 ; great tit not 
about, 113 ; waxwing shot at, 120 ; fly- 
catcher at, 120 ; swallow at, 122 ; gold- 
finch breeds at, 125 ; tree-sparrow at, 
128 ; roller sliotnear, 157 ; short-eared 
owl breeding near, 160 ; Pallas sand- 
grouse taken at, 200 ; quail at, 202 ; 
great black-backed gull breeds near, 
233 ; little grebe about, 246. 
Dornoch Firth, 13, 15, 20 ; seal in, 81 ; 
grey -lag goose in, 184 ; bernacle goose 
seems absent from, 186 ; shoveller not 
seen in, 189 ; widgeon in, 190 ; pochard 
in, 191 ; scaup in, 192 ; tufted duck 
shot in, 192 ; velvet scoter in, 194 ; 
goosander in, 195; grey plover in, 213; 
dunlin breeds near, 218 ; knot in, 220 ; 
red-throated diver seen in, 245 ; great- 
crested grebe killed in, 245 ; Sclavo- 
nian grebe in, 246. 
Dorrery, Hill of, 45, 88 ; merlin shot at, 
176 ; barn owl shot at, 159. 
Dotterel, 211. 
Dove, turtle, 200 ; stock, 199 ; rock, 
198, 310 ; ring, 197. 
Draba rupestris, 142. 
Dragonet, 268. 
Dresser, Birds of Europe, by, 184. 
Drumbeg, twite common at, 132 ; sky 
lark common at, 144. 
Dry as octopttala, 31. 
Dubh Island, 30. 
Duck, tufted, 192, 310; long-tailed, 193 ; 
eider, 194. 
Duchally, marten shot at, 1866, 303. 
Dunbar, Lewis, of Thurso, 2, 7, 215 ; 
records rosey pastor, 145 ; records red- 
billed chough, 145 ; on rookeries in 
Caithness, 150 ; records nightjar, 154 ; 
recoi'ds roller, 157 ; obtains specimens 
of long-eared owl, 160 ; receives speci- 
mens of sheared owl, 161 ; obtains 
tawny owl, 161 ; records snowy owl, 
162 ; receives specimens of hen-harrier, 
105; receives buzzard from Caithness, 
166; on the rough-legged buzzard, 166 ; 
supplies British Museum with eagle, 
168 ; receives no white-tailed eagle 
since 1878, 170 ; includes goshawk, 
170 ; records sparrow-hawk, 171 ; in- 
cludes honey-buzzard, 172 ; records 
peregrine falcon, 175 ; Iceland falcon 
absent from list of, 173 ; receives 
specimens of merlin, 176 ; records 
bittern shot at Sandside, 182 ; records 
bean goose at Brawl, 185 ; records 
bernacle at Westerdale, 186 ; includes 
whooper, 187 ; preserves sheldrake, 
188 ; records pintail, 190 ; does not 
include widgeon, 191 ; on tufted duck, 
192 ; on long-tailed duck, 193; records 
black scoter, 195 ; records red-breasted 
merganser at Freswick, 197 ; on the 
ring-dove, 198 ; on ptarmigan, 203 ; 
includes black-game, 206 ; notes water- 
rail, 207 ; records great snipe, 217 ; 
records albino common snipe, 217 ; on 
jack snipe, 218 ; records ruff, 221 ; 
mentions godwit killed at Freswick, 
225 ; records pomatorhine skua, 235 ; 
records red-throated diver, 245 ; re- 
cords Solavonian grebe, 246 ; on the 
starling, 305 ; on white-fronted goose, 
309. 
Dunbar, W., of Brawl Castle, 6, 215 note ; 
kills Tengmalm's owl at Spinningdale, 
163 ; doubtful record of marsh harrier 
by, 164; includes garganey, 190; reports 
golden-eye breeding near L. Assynt, 
193 ; on Baillon's crake, 207 ; on red- 
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