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INDEX. 
necked phalarope, 216 ; on grey phala- 
rope, 216 ; records green sandpiper 
killed 1844, 222 ; includes Sandwich 
tern, 229 ; waxwing in possession of, 
120 ; on rooks in Thurso, 150 ; notes 
hoopoe, 158 ; snowy owl in collection 
of, 162 ; kite in collection of, 171 ; "Ice- 
land falcon in possession of, 173 ; ob- 
tains hobby, 175 ; on the osprey, 177, 
178 ; includes Bewick's swan, 187 ; on 
long-tailed duck, 193 ; shoots turtle- 
dove near Canisby House, 200 ; includes 
fulmar petrel, 238. 
Dunbar's Stack, 54 ; lesser black-backed 
gull on, 233. 
Dunbeath, 54 ; the river, 17, 19 ; grouse 
moors of, 53 ; bones of reindeer at, 68 ; 
fox at, 77 ; polecat at, 79 ; white whale 
at, 85 ; song-thrush seen at, 99 ; black- 
bird seen at, 101 ; water-ouzel at, 103 ; 
redstart at, 106 ; willow wren at, 111 ; 
wood- wren at. 111 ; sedge-warbler at, 
112; creeper at, 115; wren at, 116; 
fly-catcher at, 121 ; sand-martin at, 
124 ; martin at, 124 ; greenfinch at, 
126 ; magpies killed at in 1876, 146 ; 
kestrel rare on moors of, 177. 
Duncan, J. B., catches perch at Tongue, 
258. 
Duncansbay, 49 ; stacks of, 49 ; "Bores" 
of, 50 ; links of, 96 ; peregrine falcon 
at, 175 ; great black-backed gull at, 
233. 
Duncansbay Head, 45, 46 ; shag at, 180 ; 
kittiwake abundant at, 235 ; black 
guillemot at, 241. 
Dunipace, water-shrew at, 73 note ; 
crossbill in collection at, 134 ; eggs of 
tree-sparrow at, 128 ; pied flycatcher 
in collection at, 122 ; great grey 
shrike in collection at, 119. 
Dunn, Marsh, of Teigiimouth, 135. 
Dunrobin, 14, 15, 20 ; deer-forest of, 1 ; 
vermin killed at, 75 ; fox at, 76 ; otter 
not recorded at, 79 ; badger at, 80 ; 
number of squirrels killed at, 1873-80, 
90 ; redstart common at, 106 ; red- 
breast at, 107 ; wood-wren at. 111; 
siskin breeds about, 125 ; siskin breeds 
at, 126 ; number of magpies killed in 
1873-80, 146 ; carrion crow pairing 
with hoodie at, 147 ; hooded crow at, 
147 ; old rookery at, 149 ; record of 
ravens at, 152 ; long-eared owl breeds 
about, 159 ; tawny owl breeds at, 161 ; | 
honey-buzzard killed at, 172 ; pere- 
grine falcon at, 174. 
Dunrobin Aquarium, fifteen-spined 
stickleback in, 271. 
Dunrobin Forest, 87 ; hen-harrier shot 
at the nest in, 164. 
Dunrobin Museum, white whale in, 85 ; 
stag's head in, 87 ; blackcap in, 108 ; 
great tit in, 113 ; red-backed shrike in, 
120; brambling in, 130; greater spotted 
woodpecker in, 155; green woodpecker 
in, 156 ; kingfisher in, 156 ; roller in, 
157; hoopoes in, 158; barn owl in, 159; 
kite absent in, 171 ; honey-buzzard in, 
172 ; Iceland falcon in, 173 ; eider 
duck in, 194; goosander in, 195; 
turtle-dove in, 200 ; quail in, 202 ; 
grey plover in, 213 ; dotterel in, from 
Ben Clibrick, 212 ; rug's in, 221 ; 
stormy petrel in, 237 ; Leach's petrel 
in, 2.37 ; Sclavonian grebe in, 246 ; 
blue shark in, 252 ; porbeagle at, 253 ; 
sturgeon in, 257 ; doree in, 262 ; wolf- 
fish in, 268 ; cook wrasse in, 273 ; 
trout skins in, 288 ; sunfish in, 296 ; 
pilot whale in, 86 ; pochard in, 310. 
Dunlin, 21, 35, 218. 
Dunnet, 46, 47 ; redbreast at, 108 ; twite 
at, 132 ; jackdaw at, 147 ; cormorant 
breeds at, 179; shag at, 180; oyster- 
catcher at, 215 ; herring-gull at, 232 ; 
pomatorhine skua shot at Sands of, 
235. 
Dunnet Bay, 48. 
Dunnet Head, 3, 45, 46 ; meadow pipit 
at, 118; swifts at, 153; buzzard bred 
at, 166 ; white-tailed eagle bred at, 
169 ; eggs of white-tailed eagle from, 
170 ; peregrine falcon at, 175 ; kestrel 
seen at, 177 ; wild-duck at, 189 ; guille- 
mots at, 240 ; puffiu abundant at, 242. 
Durness, 31 ; limestone of, 32 ; manse of, 
35 ; mole in, 71 ; fox in, 76 ; otter in, 
79 ; badger in, 80 ; water-vole in, 92 ; 
wheatear at, 103 ; whinchat at, 104 ; 
meadow pipit at, 117; sparrow common 
at, 127 ; twite at, 132 ; common bunt- 
ing at, 135 ; starling common at, 145 ; 
hooded crow at, 147 ; raven scarce 
about, 151 ; record of ravens at, 151 ; 
swift at, 153 ; hoopoe shot near, 158 ; 
white-tailed eagle killed at, 169; golden 
plover common at, 212 ; ringed plover 
near, 213; black-headed gull at, 230; 
little grebe breeds near, 246 ; adder 
