_Field Studies of some Rarer British Birds_, 47
Fishing, fly-, 13-22, 92-5, 113-22 minnow-, 93 salmon, 12-22, 85
Flight in the British Isles, Birds of Fastest, 23-70 of the eagle, downward, 57 horizontal, 37
Fox cubs, killed by eagles, 138 dens, 139
Golden eagle (_see_ Eagle) weight of the, 60 plover, 32-3, 35-6, 43, 45-6, 57, 69 American, 33
Grouse, 29, 59, 68, 107, 136-7, 144-146, 149-51, 153
Highlands of Scotland, fascination of, 216
_Life History and Habits of Salmon, etc._, 190, 193
Loch Carron, 10 Leven, 185 trout, 191 Luichart, 204 problem, 182
Lodges in the Highlands, highest shooting, 171
Mackenzie, Alick, stalker, Applecross, 141
Malloch, P. D., 190, 191 _n._, 192-3, 196
Matheson, Donald, stalker, Glen Shieldaig, 140
Meinertzhagen, D.S.O., Colonel R., 27, 31, 33, 35, 42, 50, 52
Murray, Charles J., Esq., of Loch Carron, 10, 140
Natural History Museum at South Kensington, 41
_Natural History of Sport in Scotland with Rod and Gun_ (Speedy), 150, 191, 205
Peregrine, horizontal flight of, 26-40, 42, 45-6, 49, 52, 137 downward flight of, 57-63, 68-70 food of, 38 how it strikes its prey, 142-54 weight of, 60
Pigeons, 37, 44-5 blue rock, 44-5 rock-, 51 speed of, 36 wood, 35, 152
Plover, 33 American golden, 33 golden, 32-3, 35-6, 43, 45-6, 57, 69 green, 35
Portal, D.S.O., Captain C. F. A., 26, 34, 52, 146, 151
Radclyffe, Major C. R. E., 28-30, 34, 39, 44, 65, 143, 151
Speed, air, 25 ground, 25 of Australian birds, 54
Speeds of British birds, table of, 35-6 fastest, 57, 70
Speedy’s _Natural History of Sport in Scotland with Rod and Gun_, 205
Spine-tailed swift, 40-42, 51-3, 55-57, 70
Stags, age of, 110-11 attacking stalkers, wounded, 155 danger of wounded 157 eagles attack full-grown, 139 stalking (_see_ Deer-stalking)
Stalkers, 64, 71 wounded stags attacking, 155
Stalking, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6-11, 71-84, 97-112, 123-35, 155-64, 170-81, 197-214 mistakes in, 6-10
Swift, 36, 40, 42-8, 50-51 Alpine, 41-2, 49-53, 56-7 common, 40-42, 46, 49-50, 53 needle-tailed _or_ spine-tailed, 40-42, 51-3, 55, 70
Trout eggs, number of, 195 loch, how to improve, 182-96
Weight, influence of in flight, 30, 60 of the eagle, 60 of the gyrfalcon, 60 of the peregrine, 60
_Wild Sport with Gun, Rifle, and Salmon Rod_, 197
_Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands_, 37, 164