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INDEX 
Gillivray Prize for Natural 
History, 155 
Beattie, Dr, the “ Bard of the 
North, 55 58 
Ben Aun, 206, 207 
Ben Lawers, 33 
Ben Ledi, 167 
Ben Lomond, 161, 167 
Ben Macdhui, 28, 32 
Ben Nevis, ascent of, 33 
Benabuird, scenery of, 199 
Berry, Walter, 57 
Berwick Law, cone of, 163 
Bho-dhoun, 206 
Biology, interpretation of the his¬ 
tory of, 123 'note 
Birch trees, aged, 200 
Bird scene, a winter, at the mouth 
of the Almond, 170 
Birds, classification, viii, 63; based 
on anatomy, 132-36 : study of 
their habits, 123; flight, 167; 
merry-making, 203-5 
Birds, American, publication of, 67 
Birds, History of British, viii; 
extracts from, 8-12, 121, 142, 
166-95, 211-14; publication of 
the first three volumes, 74, 86, 
115; scientific aspect, 87; fea¬ 
tures of the work, 91; illustra¬ 
tions, 95; publication of the 
fourth and fifth volumes, 109 
Black, Adam, publishes the first 
volume of the Ornithological 
Biographies, 72 
Blackbird, song of the, 178-80, 191 
Blackie, Professor, student under 
MacGillivray, 98, 152 
Blackwood, Captain, in command 
of the Fly, 111 
Blair Atholl, 8, 29 
Borrodale, scenery of, 43 
Borve, 172 
Botany, study of, 7, 23 
Botany , Manual of, 86, 90, 115; 
extract from, 147 
Braemar, 12, 28, 200, 206 
Braid Burn, 92 
Bristol Museum, 79 
British Museum, visit to the, 53; 
criticism on the collection of 
birds, 81 
Brixham, 211 
Brown, J. A. Harvie, x 
Brown, Mr, 78 
Buffon, 147 
Buonaparte, Lucien, 66. 
Burns, Robert, associations of, 36 ; 
his grave, 37 
Buxton, 47 
Caikn Hill, 165 
Callander, 73 
Caltha palustris, 32 
Calton Cemetery, monument to 
MacGillivray, 2, 109 
Car ex rigida, 199 
Carlisle, 40 
Cart shed, a night in a, 41 
Castle Douglas, 37 
Castleton, 12 
Chaffinches, flight, 167; amuse¬ 
ments, 203 
Chambers, Robert, Vestiges of the 
Hatural History of Creation , 
147, 151 
Charleton of Aboyne, 28 
Chatham Museum, 79 
Chorley, 46 
Clisheim, ascent of, 172-74 
Clyde, the, 35, 73 
Coal-tits, movements of, 204 
Cormorants, 212 
Corunna, Battle of, 1, 6 
Coues, Dr, extract from his Key to 
North American Birds , 71 
Cove, the rocks of the, 13 
Cowie, Mr, 52 
Craig Clunie, 202 
Craigie, William, 13, 26, 116, 
178 
Crathes, woods of, 209 
Crossbills, their mode of feeding, 
174; colours, 175 
Cruickshank, Dr Alexander, 153 
Cruickshank, Miss, 153 
Cuckoo, song of the, 191 
Curlew, the, 176, 186, 192 
Cuvierian and Linnaean levels, 
-transition between, 123 
Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physi¬ 
ology, 132 
Daistskin, Loch, 164 
Darwin, Charles, Origin of Species , 
88; his epithet for MacGillivray, 
129 ; influenced by him, 155 
Darwin, Erasmus, 147 
De Luc, his treatise of Geology, 20, 
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