Chapter 8

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Accentor, Hedge,182,183;migration,265,269,279;in turnip fields,290;nests in January,286;song in March,286;in December,203;perennial song,283.Africa,16,29,51.Andes,17.Anglia, East,73.April, bird movement in286;song in,286.Armin, Stack,253.Ashopton moors,66.Asia,16.Atlantic,88.August, bird-life in,289.Auk,228,231,232,241,250.Auk, Great, fate of,39.Auk, Little, migration,264.

Bamford,53,138.Banks,159.Bass Rock,240,244-250.Bawtry,149.Beauchief woodlands,132.Beilby on the Dipper,18.Bell Hagg,138,155.Bempton,240,242.Bernacle, migration of,264.Berwick,214.Bewick,18.Bird-catcher, mischief done by,166,169.Bittern,125;migration,264,280.Blackbird,56,141,184,172,173;migration,263,269;in September,290;in November,291;song in February,285;in March,285-286;in July,289.Blackbrook,14,155.Blackcap,183,184;migration,184,267,287;song in July,289.Blue Hawk,64.Borreay,253.Bradfield,53.Brambling,141,165fig.;166,191,284,286;migration,166,265,275,292.Brent Goose,234.Brigg,127,128.Brighthelmstone,57.Brisson on the Dipper,15,16.Broom Hall,183.Bullfinch,141,166,167.Bullock,255.Bunting, Cirl,170,194.—— Common,170,214;migration,265.—— Lapland, migration,280.—— Reed,171,193,194;migration,194,265;song,171;eggs,194.—— Riverside,193.—— Snow,57,90,170;migration,263-265.—— Yellow,116,170,171,194,284,290,291;eggs,271;migration,265,269,291;song,281,286.Buntings, migration of,279.Bustard,57.—— Thick-kneed,119.Buzzard,84,133,144,236.—— Common,134,135fig.;136.—— Rough-legged,66.Byron,201.

Caithness,99,240.Capercailzie,43,149.Carron, Loch,33,94.Castleton,59,236,237.Chaffinch,164-166,284,289,290;abrasion of feathers,284;migration,166,263,264,266,269,275;song,164,285.Charadriinæ,119.Chiffchaff,156,157,286,287fig.;migration,267,271;song,290.Churn Owl,108.Cinclus,17.Clacharan,51.Clumber,198.Cockerham Moss,127.Connacher,87,252,258.Continent,278.Coot,193,195,197.Copse, Forest and,131.Cormorant,218,226.Corncrake,176,177,178.Cornwall,18,29,49,52.Coulter-neb,226.Crag and Sea-cliff, On,236.Crake, Spotted,126,193;migration,126.Creeper,154.Cromartyshire,33.Crossbill,167.Crow, Carrion,89,90,147;migration,265.—— Hooded,88,89,90,147;migration,265,273,276,277.Crows,132,137,151.Cuchullin Hills,76.Cuckoo,47,59,116,153,176,180,286,288;migration,266-268,271,289;voice,286,288.Cuckoo and Meadow Pipit,47.Cuckoo’s Mate,153.Cumberland,91.Curlew,34,70,71,207;flocking,289;migration,264,269,278,282.—— Stone,117,118fig.,119,120,121;migration,120,268;protective coloration,117,118,120,121;local names,118,119;eggs,120.

Dartford,117.Dartford Warbler,116,117.Dartmoor,52,58,66,87.Darwin,258.Daws,237,250.December, bird-life in,292.Derbyshire,13,19,24,52,59,68,82,106,117,133,134,148,149,167,168,171,196,203,208,236,239,275;changing aspects of moors,35;varied bird-life,35.Derwent,14,25,34,66.—— Edge,53.Devil’s Hole,237.Devonshire,19,29,47,49,52,54,58,64,66,87,114,129,147,149,152,165,172,173,199,206,209,210,213,220,240,265,267,288;tameness of moors,35;lack of bird-life on moors,35.Dipper,14,15fig.,16-25,28,30,94,201;difficulties of classification,15,16;world distribution,16;variety of races,17;local names,17;song,19,24,286;evil reputation,20;usefulness,20;food,20,21;habits and habitat,20-22;nest,22,23.Diver, Black-throated,96fig.—— Red-throated,96.Divers,96,97,228;migration,264;eggs,98;nest,97,98.Don,14,25,208,275,277.Doon,252,254,258.Dore,14,53.Dor-hawk,109.Dotterel,90,91fig.,92,100;meaning of name,92.Dove, river,14,25.—— Ring,148;migration,264,280.—— Rock,238,240-241,250.—— Stock,137,144,148.—— Turtle,148,288;migration,268,271.Doves,132.Dove Dale,236.Duck, Eider,73,102,218,222,225fig.,233.—— Long-tailed,233.—— Tufted,198,199fig.,200;migration,265;nest,200;eggs,200.—— Wild,33,98,99,144,145,197.Ducks,72,95,192,198,207,218,228;migration,264,265,278,281,282,289.Dukeries,198,199.Dunlin,70,71,193,207;migration,265,266,269,278.

Eagle,66.—— Golden,82,83,236;food,84.—— White-tailed,82-84;unclean feeder,84.Eccleshall,132.Edwindstowe,142.Eggs:—Bunting, Reed,194.—— Yellow,171.Curlew, Stone,120,121.Diver,98.Duck, Tufted,200.Fulmar,258.Gannet,247.Goose, Gray-lag,73.Grebe, Little,195.Grouse, Red,45.Gull, Herring,250.—— Lesser Black-backed,220.Kingfisher,205.Merlin,62.Nightjar,112.Owl, Short-eared,125.Petrel, Fork-tailed,255.Plover, Golden,70.—— Ringed,212.Ptarmigan,81.Sandpiper, Common,31.Shearwater, Manx,256.Sheldrake,216.Swan,198.Tern, Arctic,224.—— Common,225.—— Lesser,211.—— Sandwich,223.Twite,50.Whinchat,175.Eider, King,234.—— Duck,73,102,218,222,225fig.,233.Endcliffe,170-171.—— Valley,189.—— Woods,25.English Channel,218,233,234.Europe,16,17.Eve-jar,109.Evening-jar,109.Exmoor,58.

Falcon,59,60,62,63,84.—— Peregrine,59,76-78,85,86,239,250.Farm and Garden, In,158.Farne Islands,212,213,214,217,221,225-227,240,242,243,271.Faroes,71.February, bird-life in,285.Fern Owl,108.Fieldfare,172,182,292fig.;migration,172,263,265,279,281,291.Filey,240.Finches,48,164,170,279,284,289;migration,265,281,261.Flamborough,213,240,242,271,274.Flocking,289.Flycatcher, Pied, migration,268.—— Spotted, migration,268.Flycatchers,141,183,271,288.Follart, Loch,102.Forest and Copse, In,131.Formosa,16.Forth, Firth of,209,210,216,244,248.Friskney,278,280.Fulmar,87,232,252,257fig.,259,260;migration,280;nest,258;eggs,258.Furze Kite,64.

Gannet,229,234,244,245fig.,246,253,254,260;nest,247-249;eggs,247.Garden, In Farm and,158.Geese,192,228,293;migration,264.German Ocean,218,276,280.Gilgit,63.Goatsucker,106,107.Godwit, Bar-tailed,207;migration,278.Godwits,266,269.Goldcrest,138,154,191,291;migration,265,268,269,273,275,279,291.Golden-eye,265.Goldfinch,169; migration,265.Goosander,102.Goose, Bean,215,265.—— Bernacle,269.—— Brent,234;migration,264,269,278.—— Gray-lag,73;eggs,73;nest,73.—— Pink-footed,233;migration,265.—— White-footed,265.—— Wild,34.Grace Darling,217.Grasshopper Warbler,111,116;migration,268.Gray-lag Goose,73;eggs,73.Grebe,21,23,197.—— Little,195;eggs,195;nest,195.—— Red-necked,264.—— Sclavonian,264.Greenfinch,141,169,284,290;migration,263,264,266,269;song,286.Greenshank,34,72,93;migration,268.Grimsby,275.Grouse,34,59,60,287.—— Black,43,121,149,150fig.—— Red,38fig.,39-46,57,75;preservation of,38,39;monogamous,43;protective coloration,43,44,79;migration,291;nest,44;eggs,45.—— Willow,43,80.Guillemot, Black,103.—— Common,103,231.—— Ringed,231.Guillemots,218,229,231,240-243,250,254.Gull, Black-headed,127,128fig.,129,130;nest,129.—— Common,94,102.—— Herring,210,220,249,250;eggs,250.—— Lesser Black-backed,218,219fig.,250;nest,219;eggs,220.Gulls,73,102,193,206,214,218,222,228,229fig.,241;migration,280.


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