Chapter 9

Halcyon,202.—— Days,202.Handa, Bird-haunted, frontispiece. Harrier, Hen,63-65;migration,63,266,268.—— Marsh,125.Hathersage,14,53.Hawfinch,167,184.Hawk, Blue,64.—— Dor-.109.—— Ring-tail,64.—— Sparrow-,61,65,66,133,136-138,164,184;migration,264;nesting,288.Hawks,132,139,140,144,151.Heather Lintie,48.Heaths and Marshes,105.Hebrides,13,52,71,73,83,97,99,102,103,208,213,240.Hedge Accentor.See Accentor.Heeley,42,159.Heron,32,34,196,197,201.Highlands,13,18,19,26,29,30,32,35,36,38,47,51,57,66,73,82,87,88,99,101,102.Himalayas,16.Hobbys,133,144.Hollow Meadows,21,30,52,59,138,192,238.Holy Island,216.Hoopoe,205.Hornsea Mere,195,201.Humber,206,207,208,213,274,275,277.

Iceland,71.Ireland,152,154.Isle of Man,82,89.

Jackdaw,142-144,237,240,250;migration,264.Jack Snipe,127,181,291;migration,181,265.January, bird-life in,284.Jay,132,139,140,142,149,180,184,265,288-290;migration,265,291.Jessop, Francis,156,183,189.July, bird-life in,288-289.June, bird-life in,288.

Kent,117.Kestrel,62,65,82,113,133,136,137,184,239,285,292,293.King Eider,234.Kingfisher,18,21,25,34,187,188fig.,189,197;method of feeding,21;legends concerning,201-204;nest,204;eggs,205;note,205.Kite, Furze,64.Kites,133.Kittiwake,221,243,249,250.Knot,207;migration,266,269.

Lagopus albus,43,79,80.Lake District,239.Lambs, destruction of, by Eagles,84,85.Lancashire,125,127.Landrail,176-178;migration,268.Lapwing,67fig.,68-70,126,127,182,286,289;migration,264,281,282.Lark, Shore, migration,264,280.—— Sky-.SeeSky-lark.—— Wood-,113-115;nest,115;song,113,114.Larks,182;migration,281.Lii, Stack,253.Lincolnshire,106,117,127,128,209,210,213,261,262,272-274.Linnæus, on the Dipper,16.Linnet,48,50,116,168,169;migration,263,264,269.Lintie, Heather,48.Loch, Mountain and,74.Lundy Island,82.

Macgillivray,246.Magpie,132,137-140,180;flocking,289;nesting,288.Mallard,32,72,98,99,122,200,233,286;migration,264,269,282.March, bird-life in,285.Marlowe,203.Marshes,105.Martin, House,238.—— Sand,192.Martins,180,192,196,197,287;migration,192,268,271,290.Mason, Little,51.May, bird-life in,287,288.Meersbrook,14,159.Meersbrook Park,140.Merganser,94.—— Red-breasted,96fig.,99,101.Merlin,57,58fig.,59-63;migration,266,268,282,291;nesting,288;eggs,62.Mersey,206.Migrants at a Lighthouse,270fig.Migration:—Accentor, Hedge,265,269,279.Auk, Little,264.Bernacle,264.Bittern,264,280.Blackbird,263,269.Blackcap,184,267,287.Brambling,166,265,275,292.Bunting, Common,265.—— Lapland,280.—— Reed,194,265.—— Snow,263-265.—— Yellow,265,269,291.Buntings,279.Chaffinch,166,263,264,266,269,275.Chiffchaff,267,271.Crake, Spotted,126.Crow, Carrion,265.—— Hooded,265,273,276,277.Cuckoo,266-268,271,289.Curlew,264,269,278,282.—— Stone,120,268.Divers,264.Dove, Ring,264,280.—— Turtle,268,271.Duck, Tufted,265.Ducks,264,265,278,281,282,289.Dunlin,265,266,269,278.Fieldfare,172,263,265,279,281,291.Finches,265,281,291.Flycatcher, Pied,268.—— Spotted,268.Fulmar,280.Geese,264.Godwit,278.Goldcrest,265,268,269,273,275,279,291.Goldfinch,265.Goose, Brent,264,269,278.—— Pink-footed,265.Greenfinch,263,264,266,269.Greenshank,268.Grouse, Red,291.Gulls,280.Harrier, Hen,63,266,268.Hawk, Sparrow-,264.Jackdaw,264.Jay,265,291.Knot,266,269.Landrail,268.Lapwing,264,281,282.Lark, Shore,264,280.Larks,281.Linnet,263,264,269.Mallard,264,269,282.Martins,192,268,271,290.Merlin,266,268,282,291.Nightjar,109,110,268.Ouzel, Ring-,53,54,267,271,290.Owl, Short-eared,265,269,277,278.Owls,278.Phalarope, Red-necked,268.Pipit, Meadow,46,47,282.—— Tree,268.Pipits,290.Plover, Golden,264,279.—— Gray,265,266.—— Ringed,266.Plovers,265,269,278,282.Quail,268.Rail, Land,268.Redshank,264,269,278.Redstart,267.Redwing,166,172,263,265,269,279,290.Robin,263,266,268,269.Rook,264,269.Ruff,266.Sanderling,265,266,269,278.Sandpiper,271.—— Common,29,268.—— Curlew,266.Scaup,269.Scoter,265,269,278.Shrike, Great Gray,280.Skua,266.—— Buffon’s,266.Sky-lark,178,264,269,273,276,279.Snipe,264.—— Common,269.—— Jack,181,265.Sparrow, Hedge,266.— House,263-264note.— Tree,263,269.Starling,264,265,268,269.Stint, Little,266.Stonechat,265,269,291.Swallow,192,266,268,271,277,290.Swan,264.Swift,268,270fig.,271,289.Teal,265,269.Tern,271.Thrush, Missel-,269,291.—— Song,263.Titmice,265,266,269,275,291.Turnstone,269.Twite,282,290.Waders,265,289.Wagtail, Gray,24.—— Pied,265,266,268,269.Warbler, Garden,268.—— Grasshopper,268.—— Reed,267.—— Sedge,268,271.Warblers,290.Wheatear,51,267.Whimbrel,266.Whinchat,267,271.Whitethroat,267,271.—— Lesser,267.Wigeon,265,269,278.Woodcock,264-266.Wren,265,266.—— Willow,267,271.—— Wood,268.Wryneck,267.Migration in the Northern Shires,261.Millers Dale,236.Minsben’s Dictionary,202.Missel-thrush,24,55,120,124,146,147,172,285,286,290;migration,269,291;song,284,290,291,293.Monsal Dale,236.Montagu,64.Moorhen,21,23,126,182,188,189,195,197.Moorland fires,41,42.Moorlands and Roughs,35.Mountain and Loch,74.

Nests:—Accentor, Hedge,286.Dipper,22,23.Divers,97,98.Duck, Tufted,200.Fulmar,258.Gannet,247-249.Goose, Gray-lag,73.Grebe, Little,195.Grouse, Red,44.Gull, Black-headed,129.—— Lesser Black-backed,219.Kingfisher,204.Owl, Short-eared,124,125.Petrel, Fork-tailed,254-255.Pipit, Meadow,48.Plover, Golden,70.Ptarmigan,81.Puffin,227.Robin,286.Shearwater, Manx,256.Sheldrake,215,216.Swan,198.Twite,50.Wagtail, Gray,26,27.Wheatear,51.Whinchat,175.Wood-lark,115.Newstead,198.Newstead Abbey,201.Newton, Professor, on the Dipper,18;on the Garden Warbler,183;on the Kingfisher,203.Night-crow,109.Night-hawk,106.Nightingale,155.Nightjar,106,107fig.,108-113,140,154,256,288;evil repute,106,107;names,106-109;migration,109,110,268;note,111;colour,111,112;nesting,288;eggs,112.Norfolk,117,280.Norfolk Plover,119.North Sea,272-274.Northumberland,213.Norton Lees,159.Norway,50.Nottinghamshire,114,134,198,200,208.November, bird-life in,291.Nuthatch,154.


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