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INDEX. 
Serinus hortulanus, 126. 
Sewin, 286. 
Shad allis, 292 ; twaite, 292. 
Shag, on Handa, 40 ; 57, 62, 179. 
Shanny, 269. 
Shark, blue, 252 ; basking, 253 ; ham- 
mer-headed, 253 ; Greenland, 255. 
Shearer, R. I., Notes on the Ornithology 
of Caithness (1861), 6 ; contributes to 
The Field, 9 ; on Caithness birds, 63 ; 
69 ; on the weasel, 77 ; on the polecat, 
79 ; mentions gold-crest, 109 ; shoots a 
chiff-chaff at Ulbster, 110; on the 
brambling, 130 ; parrot crossbill in list 
of, 134 ; includes Lapland-bunting, 137 ; 
observes roller at Ulbster, 157 ; on 
the cormorant's nest, 179 ; mentions 
red-breasted goose, 186 ; records 
golden-eye, 1 93 ; shoots quail, 203 ; 
records Temminck's stint, 219 ; re- 
cords curlew sandpiper, 220 ; records 
green sandpiper, 223 ; records dusky 
redshank, 223; bar-tailed godwit with, 
224 ; records ivory gull, 230. 
Shearwater manx, 238. 
Sheldrake, 187. 
Shetland, faunal area of, 59 ; red-breasted 
merganser in, 197. 
Shiant Isles, puffin on, 242 note. 
Shin, the river, 26, 41 ; goosander on, 
195. 
Shinary, water vole along the river, 92. 
Shoveller, 189. 
Shrike, great grey, 119 ; red-backed, 120. 
Shrew, common, 72 ; water, 72 ; water, 
shot at Inchnadamph, 73. 
Shurrery, long-eared owl from, 160 ; 
snowy owl shot at, 163 ; black game 
from, 206 ; honey-buzzard shot at, 
308. 
Sibbald, Scotia Illustrata, 73; on the 
water-shrew, 73; on the "Lavellan," 
248. 
Sihhaldia procumbens, 142. 
Sibster House, rooks at, 149. 
Silene maritima, 31. 
Silester, breeding station at, 105. 
Sim, George, 297 7iote. 
Sinclair, Catherine, 7. 
Sinclair, Dr. Eric Sutherland, of Wick, 
6, 62 ; List of Birds of Caithness by, 
8 ; his collection, 100 ; mentions red- 
backed shrike, 120 ; mentions pied fly- 
catcher, 122 ; hawfinch in collection of, 
127 ; mentions ortolan bunting, 136 ; 
includes starling, 145 ; mentions rosey 
pastor, 145 ; records jay, 146 ; includes 
lesser spotted woodpecker, 155 ; men- 
tions barn owl, 129 ; mentions tawny 
owl, 161 ; has snowy owl in his col- 
lection, 162 ; records marsh harrier, 
164; includes goshawk, 170 ; mentions 
honey-buzzard, 172 ; mentions hobby, 
175 ; mentions purple heron, 182 ; 
mentions red-breasted goose, 186 ; in- 
cludes ruddy sheldrake, 188 ; includes 
gadwall, 189 ; includes harlequin duck, 
193 ; mentions hooded merganser, 197 ; 
mentions smew, 197 ; Baillon's crake 
in collection of, 207 ; on capture of 
little bustard, 209 ; Temmincli's stint 
in collection of, 219 ; curlew sand- 
piper in collection of, 220 ; includes 
sanderling, 221 ; includes buff-breasted 
sandpiper, 221 ; records spotted sand- 
piper, 222 ; green sandpiper in col- 
lection of, 223 ; dusky redshank, 223 ; 
little gull in collection of, 231 ; Leach's 
petrel in collection of, 237 ; includes 
sooty shearwater, 238 ; remarks on 
collection of, 302. 
Sinclair, G. S., of Wick, Brunnich's 
guillemot with, 241. 
Sinclair, Sir John, Bart., of Ulbster, 4, 
16 note ^ ; Memoii' of, by Catherine 
Sinclair, 7. 
Sinclair, J. H., of Ballantra Cottage, 76, 
146. 
Sinclair, Thomas, 55. 
Sinclair, Sir Tollemache, 54, 150. 
Sinclair Bay, incident regarding great 
northern diver in, .243. 
Siphonostoma typhle, 295. 
Siskin, 125 ; nests in Sutherland, 22. 
Skate, 256 ; flapper, 256. 
Skerra Point, 20. 
Skerries, 31 note. 
Skiag Burn, twite at, 132. 
Skibo, hoopoe killed at, 158 ; pheasant 
introduced at, in 1841, 201 ; caper- 
caillie at, 206. 
Skinnet Hill, rooks build on heather at, 
150. 
Skipper, 283. 
Skirsa, 49. 
Skirsa Point, 54. 
"Skookie," 238. 
"Skorrie," 232. 
Skua, Bufi"on's, 236, 312 ; common, 235 ; 
pomatorhine, 235 ; Richardson's, 236. 
