INDEX. 
337 
Ross, Eric, keeper, 156. 
Ross, whitethroat in, 108. 
Rothesay aquarium, 80. 
" Rowans," kittiwake breeds on the, 234. 
Rudha Bhra, 46. 
Ruff, 221. 
Ruffe, 258. " 
JRumex pidcher, 31 ; acetosella, 31. 
Russell, Miss, A Handbook to Thurso, 
etc., 8. 
JRuticilla phcenicurus, 106 ; titys, 107. 
Sabhal Bheag, 60. 
Sabhal Mohr, 60. 
Sail Fluke, 279. 
St. John, C, A Tour in Sutherlandshire, 
etc., 1 note, 6, 56, 163 note ; Wild Sports 
of the Highlands (1846), 6 ; on the fire- 
crested wren, 110 ; on Ray's wagtail, 
117 ; on the goldfinch, 125 ; finds martin 
at Durness, 123 ; on the crossbill, 134 ; 
sees red-billed chough, 145 ; records 
Tengmalm's owl, 163 ; on the kite, 
172 ; observes golden-eye on Loch 
Laoghal, 193 ; on dotterel, 211 ; on 
red-necked phalarojie, 216. 
St. John's Loch, Dunnet, 49. 
St. Kilda, 39 ; sheep of, 50 ; pufSn on, 
242 note. 
" Saithe," 275. 
Salino alpinus, 290 ; cambricus, 286 ; 
cornubiensis, 287, 289 ; estuaris, 287 ; 
fario, 286, 312 ; ferox, 287 ; fontinalis, 
290 ; levenensis, 36, 288 ; salar, 284, 
288 ; stomachicus, 287, 289 ; trutta, 
286. 
Salmon, 284. 
Salmon, Mr., a judge of eggs, 210. 
Salmonidag of Durness, 32. 
Sanderling, 221, 312. 
Sand-hills at Dunuet, 47. 
Sandisou, Sergeant, bird-stuffer, 2, 75. 
Sandpiper, purple, 21, 220; common, 35, 
199, 222 ; curlew, 220 ; green, 222. 
Sandside, 20, 69 ; deer at, 88 ; nightjar 
at, 154 ; sparrow-hawk at, 171 ; merlin 
shot at, 176; bittern shot at, 182; 
bernacle shot at, 186. 
Sandside Head, 46. 
Saussurea alpina, 142. 
iSaxicola cenanthe, 103. 
Saxifraga hypnokles, 142 ; oppositifolia, 
food of snow bunting, 143. 
Scandinavian names in northern counties, 
17. 
Scarcdxiius stercorarius, kestrel breeding 
on, 177. 
" Scarf," 179. 
Scarabhen, 44, 45, 56 ; ptarmigan on, 203. 
Scaup, 191. 
Sciberscross, Iceland falcon at, 173. 
Scilla verna, 31. 
Sciurus vulgar-is, 89. 
Scolopax rusticola, 216. 
Scomber colias, 263 ; scomber, 263. 
Scombresox saurus, 283. 
Scotch Fisheries Improvement Associa- 
tion, on the minnow, 282. 
Scoter, common, 56, 194 ; velvet, 194. 
Scotscalder, roller to be seen at, 157. 
Scotsman, review by H. Osborne in, 
11 ; H. Osborne in office of, 12. 
Scottish Naturalist, on the squirrel, 90. 
Scourie Bay, 37, 42 ; meaning of, 17 ; 
song-thrush at, 98 ; whin-chat at, 104 ; 
sparrow common at, 127; tree-sparrow 
at, 128 ; common bunting at, 135 ; 
sky-lark common at, 144 ; starling 
abundant at, 144 ; bernacle goose 
near, 186 ; ivory gull killed at, 229 ; 
stormy petrel taken at, 237 ; glow- 
worm common about, 249. 
Scrope's Days of Deer-Stalking, 65, 66. 
Scyllium stellare, 254 ; canicula, 254. 
" Sea doug," 254. 
Seal, common, frequents Rhon Island, 
38 ; 51, 81 ; harp, 81, 303 ; ringed, 81 ; 
grey, 82 ; hooded, 83. 
Sea pinks, rock pipit breeds amongst, 
119. 
Sea-trout, 34, 286 ; snail, 267. 
Sebastes iSforwegicus, 260. 
Sedum rhodiola, 31. 
Seebohm, British Birds of, on skua, 236 
note ; on the redstart, 107 note. 
Seeley, Dr., his collection in Sutherland, 
134. 
Selache maxima, 253. 
Selaginella spinulosa., 142. 
Selby, P. J., On the Quadrupeds, etc. etc., 
of Sutherland, 5 ; on the wild-cat, 75 ; 
on the wood mouse, 91 ; on the hare, 
94 ; on the missel-thrush, 97 ; on the 
song-thrush's winter residence, 98 ; on 
the redstart, 106 ; on the white-throat, 
108 ; on the sedge-warbler, 112 ; on 
meadow pipit, 117 ; on the house mar- 
tin, 123 ; on the eagle, 167 ; on the 
scaup, 191 ; on the ring dove, 198 ; on 
the partridge, 201. 
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