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INDEX. 
malia, 69 ; on little bustard, 211 ; on 
Sabine's gull, 229 : on the ancliovVi 
292. 
John o' Groat's, deer near, 88 ; turtle- 
dove shot near, 200. 
Juncus acutijlonis, 31 ; trifidus, 142. 
Jynx torquilla, 156. 
Keerie sheep, 50. 
Keiss, 67 ; links of, 96 ; red-breasted 
merganser near, 197 ; Bank's-oar fish 
from, 272. 
Keiss Castle, sheldrake shot at, 188. 
Keith, Captain, 2, 163. 
Kemp, Daniel W., 4. 
Kestrel, 165, 176. 
Kilcalmkill, 22. 
Kildonan, 15 ; parish of, 22, 26 ; flow- 
district in, 25 ; wood-wren at, 111 ; 
barn owl shot at, 159 ; honey-buzzard 
shot at, 172 ; pheasant introduced at, 
201 ; wild cat killed at, 1887, 303. 
Kilminster, snowy owl shot at, 162. 
Kingfisher, 156. 
Kintradwell, pine-trees at, 22 ; harp 
seal killed at, 81 ; wood-wren at, 111 ; 
pied flycatcher in garden at, 121 ; 
white-tailed eagle killed at, 169 ; 
velvet scoter near, 194; black game 
in, 205; grey phalarope shot at, 216; 
sanderling seen near, 221 ; lesser tern 
at, 228 ; blue shark at, 252. 
Kirkaig Bay, 40. 
Kirkaig Falls, wren at, 116. 
Kirkaig, the river, 14, 29, 36, 59 ; adder 
seen along, 247 ; salmon of, 286. 
Kirkcudbright, ravens in, 151 note. 
Kirkton, carrion crow at, 147 ; rookery 
at, 149 ; turtle-dove from, 200. 
Kirkwall, 53 ; field vole about, 93. 
Kite, 171. 
Kittiwake, 234 ; on Handa, 40. 
Kjokkenmoddings, 67. 
Knautia arvensis, 31. 
Knockan, 31, 40 ; common bunting at, 
135. 
Knot, 220, 312. 
Kortwright, Mr., 312. 
Kyle of Sutherland, 13, 26, 40 ; magpie 
along, 305 ; diver (black-throated ?) 
shot in, 244 ; osprey seen at, 178 ; 
common bunting around, 135. 
Kyle of Tongue, 20, 82 ; white whale in, 
85 ; pilot whale in, 86 ; eider duck 
breeds off, 194 ; great northern diver 
in, 243 ; lesser launce in, 278 ; sea- 
trout in, 286. 
Lahrax lupus, 258. 
Lahrus maculatus, 272 ; mixtus, 273. 
Lacerta vivipera, 248. 
Lcemargus horealis, 255. 
Lagopus niutus, 203, 311 ; scoticus, 204. 
Laidlaw, David, 3. 
Laing, Samuel, Prehistoric Remains of 
Caithness (1866), 8, 62, 67. 
Lairg, 1, 15, 28, 60 ; parish of, 26 ; whin- 
chat at, 104; wood-wren at. 111; long- 
tailed titmouse breeds at, 113 ; creeper 
at, 115; greenfinch common at, 126; 
chaffinch at, 129 ; lesser redpoll at, 
131 ; bullfinch common at, 133 ; yellow- 
hammer at, 136 ; swifts near, 153 ; 
white-tailed eagle in parish of, 169 ; 
goosander near hotel of, 196 ; part- 
ridge common at, 201 ; water-rail seen 
at, 207 ; dunlin breeds at, 218. 
Lamnia cornubica, 253. 
Lamprey, 296 ; small, 296. 
Lampris lima, 262. 
La,ncelet, 297. 
Land and Water, H. Osborne contributes 
to, 11 ; on the hump-backed whale, 
83 ; on torpedo, 255 ; on angler fish, 
264. 
Langwell, 2, 16, 53, 54, 69; forest of, 
88; roe -deer at, 89; missel -thrush 
breeds at, 98 ; stone-chat at, 106 ; red- 
start at, 107 ; willow- wren at, 111 ; 
bullfinch at, 133 ; common bunting at, 
135 ; rooks at, 149 ; pheasant at, 201. 
Langwell, the river, 17, 19, 56 ; salmon 
famous in, 285'Moie. 
Lanius excuhitor, 119; colluris, 120. 
Lapwing, 214. 
Lark, sky, 143. 
Larus ridibundus, 230 ; canus, 231 ; min- 
utus, 231 ; argentatus, 232; fuscus, 
232 ; marinus, 233 ; glaucus, 234 ; leu- 
copterus, 234. 
Latheron, 54 ; long-tailed tit at, 113 ; 
swift at, 154. 
Latheronwheel, missel-thrush breeds at, 
98 ; blackbird seen at, 101 ; rooks at, 
149 ; American bittern shot at, 182 ; 
pheasant preserved at, 201. 
Latrunculus alhus, 267. 
Launce, larger, 277 ; lesser, 278. 
Lawson, G. R., Ill ; on the brambli 
130. 
