INDEX. 
331 
Macgillivray, W., Brilish Quadrupeds 
(1883), 5 ; on dotterel, 212. 
Machetes pugnax, 221. 
M'Intyre, keeper at Balnacoil, 129. 
M'lver of Scoiirie, 39 ; on grey-lag goose, 
184 ; obtains bernacle goose, 186 ; ivory 
gull with, 229. 
Mackay, Adam, 85. 
Mackay of Portnacon, 17. 
Mackay, Donald, obtains eggs of hen- 
harrier on Rabbit Island, 164. 
Mackay, Eric S., little stint in collection 
of, 219 ; Sabine's gull with, 229. 
M'Kay, Major, 95. 
M'Kenzie, John, obtains snowy owl, 162. 
Mackenzie, Sheriff, 21, 88, 90; obtains a 
blackcap warbler, 108 ; on the long- 
tailed titmouse, 113 ; on the great tit, 
113 ; slioots waxwing at Dornoch, 120 ; 
finds flycatcher about Dornoch, 121 ; 
on the goldfinch, 124; on the tree- 
sparrow, 128 ; obtains specimens of 
crossbill, 134 ; shoots greater-spotted 
woodpecker at Dornoch Castle, 155 ; 
records short-eared owl, 160 ; obtains 
long-eared owl from Tongue, 160; on 
the shoveller, 189 ; on the goosander, 
196 ; finds deserted nest of quail, 1873, 
202; on grey plover, 213; on dunlin, 
218 ; does not record ruff, 221 ; on 
knot, 220 ; on pike, 283. 
Mackenzie, Kenneth, traps marten, 303. 
Mackerel, 263 ; horse, 261 ; Spanish, 263. 
Mackie of Wick, 133. 
M'Lauchlan, George, lighthouse-keeper, 
240. 
Macleay, W., birdstuffer, Inverness, 129, 
145, 157, 158, 162, 171, 175, 189; on 
the crossbill, 134 ; on tawny owl, 161 ; 
preserves rough-legged buzzard, 166 ; 
receives solitary grey plover, 213 ; 
green sandpiper with, 222 ; preserves 
black-tailed god wit, 225 ; wild cat pre- 
served by, 303 ; greater-spotted wood- 
pecker preserved by, 306 ; pochard 
stuffed by, 310. 
M'Leod, Allan, 79. 
M'Leod, J., shoots roller at Sandside, 
157 ; shoots bittern at Sandside, 182. 
MacNicol, Nicol, 154. 
MacNicol, R., keeper, shoots Sclavonian 
grebe, 1878,246; shoots honey-buzzard, 
308. 
M 'Pherson, Rev. J. , of Canisbay, 2, 49, 51 . 
Magpie, 146, 305. 
Maiden Pap, 44, 45, 56. 
Mallert, 23. 
Mareca penelope, 190, 309. 
Marten, 65, 75, 77, 303. 
Martes abietum, 77, 303. 
Martin, Mr., on thrasher shark, 253 ; 
records deal-fish, 271. 
Martin, house, 123, 305 ; year 1885 
favourable to, 124. 
Martin, sand, 124. 
Mathieson, Donald and Peter, ' cliff- 
climbers, 38. 
Maurolicus borealis, 284. 
Maw, 232. 
May, Isle of, 51. 
Meall-a-chuail, 60. 
Meallanlia hills, 26. 
Meallmeadhonach, meaning of, 17. 
Megaptera longiinana, 83. 
Meikle Ferry, pied flycatcher dead at, 
121 ; rosey pastor obtained at, 305. 
ALeUs taxiis, 80, 303. 
Melness, pilot whale at, 86. 
Melsetter, 49. 
Melvich, 46 ; turtle-dove in, 200. 
Mergvlus able, 241. 
Mergus albeUus, 197 ; citadlatus, 197 ; 
merganser, 195. 
Merlin, 165, 175. 
Merluccius vulgaris, 276. 
Merops apiaster, 157. 
" Merrie Men of Mey," 50. 
Mesoplodon sotuerbiensis, 85. 
Mey, jackdaw at, 147 ; oyster-catcher 
abundant at, 215. 
Migration Committee, 3, 9 ; razorbill 
reported by, 239. 
Migration Beports, 53 note, 110. 
Millais, John Guille, vii, 163 ; shoots 
ivory gull, 230. 
Miller, H., Old Bed Sandstone, 8 ; Testi- 
mony of the Bocks, 8 ; Footprints of the 
Creator, 8. 
Milligan Hall, Taunton, 134. 
Milner, Sir W. M. E., collection of, 162 ; 
sees Iceland falcon at Thurso, 173 ; 
Iceland falcon in list of, 173 ; on the 
partridge, 201 ; on Brunnich's guille- 
mot, 241 ; Buft'on's skua in collection 
of, 312. 
Milvus ictinus, 171. 
Mina Villa, Thurso, pintail preserved at, 
190 ; rookery at, 150. 
Minch, torsk caught on the, 277. 
Minercdogical Magazine, 43 note. 
