October, bird-life in,290.Orkneys,52,71,83,99,209,240.Osprey,94,95.Ouzel, Mountain,52.—— Ring-,34,52,53fig.,54-57,59,171,184;flocking,289;migration,53,54,267,271,290;nesting,288;song,55.—— Tor,52.—— Water,18.Ouzels,287.Owl, Barn,184.—— Churn,108.—— Fern,108.—— Long-eared,137.—— Short-eared,122,123fig.,124,125;migration,265,269,277,278;nest,124,125;eggs,125.—— Tawny,144.Owls,20,110,112,140,144,151,185,256;migration,278.Owler Bar,53.Oyster-catcher,104,210,218,226.
Partridge, English,121.—— Red-legged,121.Partridges,43,107,181.Passeres,16,132,154.Passerines,46,115,127.Peak District,13,34,52,82,236,238.Pennine chain,52.Pentland Firth,240.Penzance,49.Peregrine,59,76-78,85,86,239,250.Petrel, Fork-tailed,232,254,255fig.,280;nest,254-255;eggs,255,256.—— Stormy,193,232,256,280.Petrels,232,233,258,260.Pettichaps,183.Peveril Castle,237.Phalarope, Red-necked,93,99,100;migration,268.Pheasant,43,107,121,132,135,142,145,148,149,151,288,291.Picidæ,154.Pigeon,82,148.Pinnacles,240,243.Pipit, Meadow,46-48,59,127,284,290;flocking,289;migration,46,47,282;nesting,47,48;song,47.—— Rock,213,226.—— Tree,114,175,287,289;migration,268.Pipits,181,187;migration,290.Plover, Golden,69,70;migration,264,279;nest,70;eggs,70.—— Gray, migration,265,266.—— Norfolk,119.—— Ringed,104,193,206,207,210,211fig.,212,218,225;migration,266;eggs,212.—— Stone,119.—— Thick-kneed,119.Plovers,34,59,66-68,93,94,293;migration,265,269,278,282;nesting,288.Pochard,201,207.Pool, By River and,186.Protection of birds,38.Protective coloration:——Curlew, Stone,117,118,120,121;Grouse, Red,43,79;Grouse, Willow,80;Gull, Lesser Black-backed,220;Plover,212;Ptarmigan,76-79;Tern, Lesser,211;Tern, Sandwich,223.Ptarmigan,42,75,76,78,80,81,83;protective coloration,76,78;note,81;nest,81;eggs,81.Puckeridge,109.Puffin,218,226,227,231,242,244,250,254;nest,227.
Quail, migration,268.
Rail, Land,176-178;migration,268.—— Water,125,126,193,197.Raptores,61,65.Raven,66,76,77fig.,87,88,236.Rawlinson,134.Ray,183.Razorbill,103,231,240,241fig.,242,250,254.Redcar,194,273.Redmires,30,139.Redpole,33,189,190,290.—— Lesser,168,169,170,291.Redshank,33,72,94,126;migration,264,269,278.Redstart,155,183,239,287;migration,267.Redwing,127,141,166,172,173,182,286,293;migration,166,172,263,265,269,279,290.Ribble,206.Rivelin,14,21.Rivelin Valley,48,52,53,54,59,132,138,146,154,238,275.River and Pool, By,186.Robin,141,182,183,285,291;song,19,289,291,293;perennial song,19,283;nest,286;migration,263,266,268,269.Robin Hood,143.Rockier,148.Rocky Mountains,17.Rodd,50.Rook,127,129,141,144,159,160,161fig.,162,196,290;service to farmers,160;flocking,289;migration,264,269;nesting,284,285.Ross-shire,94,99.Rough, meaning of,35note.Roughs, Moorlands and,35.Ruff, migration,266.
Saint Kilda,87,89,90,209,240,251-257,260.Sanderling,207;migration,265,266,269,278.Sandpiper,16,66,70,93,94;migration,271.—— Common,28fig.,29-32,59,60,207;migration,29,268;nesting,288;attachment to nesting-place,29,30;eggs,31;note,32.—— Curlew,207;migration,266.Sawbill,101.Scandinavia,17.Scaup,207,233;migration,269.Scolopacineæ,119.Scoter,99,233;migration,265,269,278.Scotland,27,30,51,52,133,152.Scrapire,257.Scully, Dr.,63.Sea and Shore, On,209.Sea-cliff, On Crag and,236.September, bird-life in,290.Shakespeare, on the Kingfisher,202.Sheaf,14,25.Shearwater,232,258.—— Manx,232,256;nest,256;eggs,256.Sheffield,25,30,34,46,53,59,106,117,141,154-156,159,171,183,187,189,275,283.Sheldrake,73,102,214,215fig.,233;nest,215,216;eggs,216.Sherwood Forest,99,106,122,132,142,146,156,198.Shetlands,29,50,71,83,99,152,209,240.Shore, On Sea and,209.Shoveler,200.Shrike, Great Gray, migration,280.Siberia,273.Siskin,33,167,170,189-191.Skua,228;migration,266.—— Buffon’s, migration,266.Sky-lark,19,52,114,115,127,178;migration,178,264,269,273,276,279;song,114,115,284-286,291,293.Skye,26,31,33,64,76,83,86,102.Sligachan,87.Snipe,34,70,71,147;drumming,71;migration,264.—— Common,126;migration,269.—— Jack,127,181,291;migration,181,265.—— Summer,28,30.Soay,253,256.Solway,206.Somerset,52.Song note:—Accentor, Hedge,283,286,293.Blackbird,285,286,289.Blackcap,289.Bunting, Reed,171.—— Yellow,281,286.Chaffinch,164,285.Chiffchaff,290.Cuckoo,286,288.Curlew,71.Dipper,19,24,286.Greenfinch,286.Kingfisher,205.Nightjar,111.Ouzel, Ring-,55.Pipit, Meadow,47.Ptarmigan,81.Robin,19,289,291,293;perennial,19,283.Sandpiper,32.Sky-lark,114,115,284-286,291,293.Starling,163,177,284,290,291,293.Thrush, Missel-,284,290,291,293.—— Song,285.Twite,48.Wagtail, Gray,26,27.Warbler, Garden,183,184.—— Grasshopper,116.—— Sedge,127.Wheatear,51.Whitethroat,289.Wood-lark,113,114.Wren,286,290,291,293;perennial,283.Sparrow, in August,289;in September,290;nest in January,284;in February,285.Sparrow, Hedge, migration,266.—— House,163,170,291;migration,263-264note;voracity,163,170.—— Tree,167;migration,263,269.Sparrow-hawk,61,65,66,133,136-138,164,184;migration,264;nesting,288.Speeton,240.Spurn,213,272,274,275.Stack Armin,253.Stanage Edge,53.Starling,16,127,143,162,184,205,238,290;flocking,289;migration,264,265,268,269;pairing,284,285;song,163,177,284,290,291,293.Stint, Little, migration,266.Stints,207.Stonechat,52,116;migration,265,269,291.Stone-clatter,51.Stone Curlew,117,118fig.,119-121;protective coloration,117,118,120,121;local names,118,119;migration,120,268;eggs,120.Stone Plover,119.Storer,203.Stormcock,56,172.Strome Ferry,33,94.Sturnus,16.Suffolk,117.Sunderland,214.Sussex Downs,57.Sutherland,99,240.Swallow,29,51,180,192,196,197,287;migration,192,266,268,271,277,290.Swan,192,198,208,215;nest,198;eggs,198;migration,264.Swan, Bewick’s,192,208.Swift,185,196,239,288;migration,260,271,289.