INDEX 
Abb’s Head, St, 159 
Aberarder, 33 
Aberdeen, 1,4; King’s College, 6 ; 
to London, walk from, 26-52; 
Mariscbal College and Univer¬ 
sity, 58, 84, 97, 115, 116 ; mural 
memorial tablet presented to, 
3, 151; Natural History Society 
in, 155; Notes taken in the Course 
of a Journey from Aberdeen to 
London , 2 
Achlossan, Loch of, 125 
Adams, Andrew Leith, his studies 
in natural history, 153 
Alauda pratensis, 31 
Albans, St, 52 
Albyn, mountains of, 39 
Alleghanies, heights of the, 168 
Almond, a winter bird scene at 
the mouth of the, 170 
Ambleside, 44 
America, 65 
Anderson, James, 153 
Animals, sports of, 204 
Annan, 38 
Ant-hills, size of, 128 
April day, scene on an, 176 
Archipelago, Eastern, 111 
Arthur’s Seat, 161 
Ashbourne, 49 
Atherines or sprats, shoal of, 212 
Atholl ranges, 206 
Auchterless, parish of, 6 
Audubon, John, 96 
Audubon, John James, his birth 
and early years, 65; ornitho¬ 
logical pursuits, 66; sails for 
Liverpool, 66 ; in Edinburgh, 66 ; 
his appearance, 66; drawings, 
67 ; publication of his American 
215 
Birds , 67 ; procures additional 
specimens, 68, 72; preparations 
for a new work, Ornithological 
Biographies , 68; requires help 
in scientific descriptions, 69; 
meeting with MacGillivray, 69 ; 
characteristics, 69; knowledge 
of ornithology, 70; style of 
writing, 71 ; his appreciation of 
the work of MacGillivray, 72; 
excursion to the Highlands, 73; 
description of the scenery, 73; 
regret at leaving Edinburgh, 74; 
his love of Nature, 168,178 
Audubon, Marion R., 68 
Audubon, Mrs, 71. 
Australia, scientific explorations 
in, 111 
Awe, Loch, 35 
Ayr, 36 
Ballater, Pass of, 203, 206 
Barclay, Charles, 6 
Barclay, Dr George, physician to 
the Aberdeen Infirmary, 6; 
his pupil MacGillivray, 6; influ¬ 
ence of his teaching, 26, 105,116 ; 
his death, 57; tribute from 
MacGillivray, 58 
Barclay, Mr George, 59 
Barclay, Mrs, 58 ; her first impres¬ 
sions of MacGillivray, 59 
Barnbogle ruins, 171 
Barra, Island of, 112 
Bass, the, 160 
Bat, the long-eared, movements 
of, 128 i 
Beallach-bhui forest, wind in the, 
202; hills, 206 
Beaton, Mrs, institutes the Mac- 
