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The Journal of the Scottish Ornithologists' Club ISSN 0036·9144 I ,J/ THE JOURNAL OF THE SCOTTISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB Vol. 13 INDEX 1984·1985 SCOTTISH BIRDS - BINDING Arrangements have been made for volume 13 of Scottish Birds to be bound by Dunn & Wilson Ltd in Falkirk. The cost will be £10.19 for binding in red waterproof buckram, or £14.28 in maroon quarter leather; both prices include return postage in the U.K. Earlier volumes will be bound at the same ratcs. The prices will be held until 31 December 1987. Volumes to be bound, including the 1983 & 1984 Scottish Bird Reports and index, should be sent direct to the address below. Do not forget to enclose your cheque or postal order made payable to "Dunn & Wilson Ltd" and the form on the back cover of this index. Send to: DUNN & WILSON LTO Bellevue Bindery Glasgow Road FALKIRK FK1 4HP PLEASE COMPLETE BINDING FORM ON BACK COVER ISSN 0036-9144 SCOTTISH BIRDS THE JOURNAL OF THE SCOTTISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB Edited by V. M. THOM assisted by R. W. FURNESS, S. R. D. da PRATO & I. R. TAYLOR Index prepared by S. R. D. da PRATO Volume 13 1984 - 1985 (The Scottish Bird Reports for 1983 and 1984 form part of Volume 13 but are paged separately and not indexed) Vol. 13 INDEX 283 INDEX TO VOLUME 13 The index is in three parts - Contents, Plates and Species - The Scot­ tish Bird Reports are paged separately and not indexed. Contents MAIN PAPERS Breeding lowland waders in east Sutherland (J. & C. F. Barrett) 2-7. The status of the Mute Swan in the Lothians (A. W. & L. M. Brown) 8-15. Birdwatching in Inverness (R. H. Dennis) 15-19. Numbers and spacing of summering Snow Buntings and snow cover in the Cairngorms (T. P. Milsom & A. Watson) 19-23. The Isle of May Bird Observatory & Field Station 1934-84 : some personal reflections (J. H. B. Munro) 34-39. Long term seabird monitoring on the Isle of Canna (R. L. Swann & A. D. K. Ramsay) 40-47. Notes on the Collared Dove in south east Sutherland (D. Macdonald) 48- 51. Isle of May Bird Observatory & Field Station Report for 1983 (B. Zon­ frillo) 66-73. Winter sightings of Peregrines at Caerlaverock (R. Mearns) 73-77. Breeding seabirds on the Yell Sound islands, Shetland (J. A. Fowler, M. Heubeck & R. J. Tulloch) 77-83. Birdwatching on the East Lothian coast (S. R. D. da Prato) 83-86. Habitats and distribution of waders breeding on Scottish agricultural land (H. Galbraith, R. W. Furness & R. J. Fuller) 98-107. The status of the Corn Bunting in the Lothians (A. W. Brown, M. R. Leven & S. R. D. da Prato) 107-11. The year of an Orcadian field (P. Heppleston) 111-114. The Scottish Mute Swan census 1983 (A. W. & L. M. Brown) 140-148. Divers in the Moray Firth, Scotland (J. & C. F. Barrett) 149-154. Bird research at the University of Glasgow (R. W. Furness) 155-159. The current status and distribution of terns in the Outer Hebrides (N. E. Buxton) 172-178. Scavenging of Salmon carcases by birds (R. Hewson) 179-182. Ornithological studies at Dundee University (J. J . D. Greenwood) 183-184. The breeding birds of agricultural land in south east Scotland (S. R. D. da Prato) 203-216. Isle of May Bird Observatory and Field Station Report for 1984 (B. Zon- frillo) 217-224. Oil-related Eider mortality in Scapa Flow, Orkney (E. R. Meek) 225-228. Wintering Goldeneye in the Moray Firth (J. & C. F. Barrett) 241-249. Storm Petrel ringing in Caithness (H. Clark) 250-257. Counts of some breeding birds in two recently afforested areas of Kin- tyre (S. J. Petty) 258-262. Golden Eagles and lambs in Badenoch, Highland (D. N. Weir) 263-267. SHORT NOTES Greenland White-fronted Goose census (D. A. Stroud) 23-24. 284 INDEX Vo!. 13 Work on Golden Eagle and Peregrine in N E Scotland in 1983 (S. Payne & A. Watson) 24-26. Storm Petrel attacking Great Skua (A. C. Blackburn) 26. Melanic Black Guillemot in Shetland (P. J. Ewins) 26. Transportation of Mourning Dove nest to Montrose (N. K. Atkinson) 51- 52. Scottish Storm Petrels in Iceland (J. A. Fowler & R. Swinfen) 52. Dartford Warbler in Berwickshire (R. D. Murray) 52-53. Two female Hen Harriers at the same nest (E. R. Meek) 53-54. Kingfisher attacked by Magpie (M. Mowat) 54. Young Crossbill feeding a sibling (D. Nethersole-Thompson & D. Whit- taker) 87. Golden Eagle and Fox competing for Mountain Hare (J. J. Rowe) 87-88. Large, temporary roost of Jays in Midlothian (J. G. Young) 88. Common Buzzard eating dead Salmon (D. Jenkins) 88. Mink in a Black-headed Gull colony in the Pentlands (A. W. & L. M. Brown) 89_ Unusual Peregrine kill (I. C. Macleod, K. Duncan & I. Sim) 90. Unusual roost site of Pied Wagtails (T. W. Dougall) 115-116. Unusual Wren roost (K. E. Hart) 116. Unusual behaviour of Long-tailed Tits (S. R. Hacker) 116. Unusual Dipper nest site (M. Shimeld) 117. Successive use of same site by two female Merlins (B. L. Cosnette) 118. Common Buzzards feeding on fish carrion at Loch Lomond (J. Mitchell) 118. Raptor study group reports (D. Dick) 162-166. Breeding by an Orkney Hen Harrier on the Scottish mainland (N. Picozzi & J. Watson) 186-187. A new breeding site for the Atlantic Gannet (N. E. Buxton) 187-188. High density breeding and ground nesting of Carrion Crows (G. W. Reb­ ecca) 188. Merlin calling in autumn (T. W. Dougall) 188-189. Disappearance of the Corn Bunting from south east Sutherland (D. Mac- donald) 189. Kittiwake movements in the Firth of Forth (A. D. Inglis) 189-190. Woodcock with abnormal bill (P. Cunningham) 190. Peregrine prey (P. Stirling-Aird) 190-191. Wellingtonias and Treecreepers (N. Rankin) 228. Common Gulls successfully nesting on a roof in Aberdeen (M. A. Sulli- van) 229. Pied Wagtails roosting in Birch tree (C. A. Munro) 229. Dipper covering eggs (M. Purvey) 230. Glider attacked by Golden Eagle (M. Gn!"gory) 230-231. Unusual method of killing prey by Sparrowhawk (B. J. Broadley) 268. Dipper with one leg (B. J. Broadley) 268. Waders wintering on Colonsay and Oronosay (D. C. Jardine, J. Clarke & P. M. Clarke) 268-269. Oystercatcher laying in Lapwing nest (M. Purvey) 270. Interaction between Marsh Harrier and Roe Deer (R. C. Dickson) 270. Vo!. 13 INDEX 285 ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS 280. FEARE - The Starling 121; FLINT et al - Field guide to the birds EDITORIAL 1, 33, 65, 97, 139, 171, of USSR 120; FREETHY - British 239. birds in their habitats 232; FRY - Bee-eaters 119; HANCOCK FIELDWORK REPORTS 56-59, Herons handbook, Birds of the 191-196. Wetlands 197; HARRIS - The LETTERS Retiral of Major Peirse­ Puffin 166; HEINZEL - Concise Duncombe 1; Crested Tits 54. birds of Europe 233; HICKLING - Enjoying ormthology 60; HOL­ LITERATURE OF SCOTTISH IN­ LOWAY - Fair Isle's garden TEREST 28, 61, 91, 122, 167, 198, 61; HOSKING - Wildfowl 232; 233, 274. HUNTER - Life and letters of Alex. Wilson 91; INSKIPP - OBITUARIES 125 (Irene Water­ Guide to the birds of Nepal 273; ston); 160 (Sir Arthur Duncan); JOHNSGARD - Cranes of the 185 (Sir Charles Connell): 271 world, Grouse of the world 122; (Maxwell Hamilton). JONSSON - Bird island 197; LACK - Darwin's finches 27; PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION LOCKWOOD - Oxford book of 97, 240. British bird names 196; LOF­ GREN - Ocean birds 232; LOVE - RECENT REPORTS 32,64,96, 137, Return of the Sea Eagle 27; Mc 170, 202, 237, 281. CANCH - Lighthouse notebook 232; MEAD - Robins 197; MIK­ REVIEWS AINLEY et al - Breeding KOLA - Owls of Europe 60; biology of Adelie Penguin 232; MOORE - Field guide to the ALl - Pictorial guide to the birds warblers of Britain & Europe of the Indian sub-continent 119; 90; NETTLESHIP et al - Marine ALI & RIPLEY - Handbook of the birds 233; NEWMAN - Birds of birds of India and Pakistan 120; southern Africa 119; O'CON­ ASH - Birds of Somalia 122; NOR - Growth and development BLAKE et al - Atlas of Austra­ of birds 231; PEMBERTON - lian birds 198: BOOTH et al - Birdwatchers' yearbook 1985 Birds of Orkney 167: BRAZIL - 196; TAY/ORKNEY RGs - Shore­ Finding birds in Japan 122; birds of Orkney 120; TUNNI­ BROCKIE - One man's island CLIFFE - Shorelands summer 121; CAMPBELL & LACK - A diary 232; SCHAUNSEE - Birds dictionary of birds 273; CHAP­ of Chin.a 122; WARREN - Shore­ MAN - Countryside and wildlife lines 121 ; WILBUR et al - Vul­ for the disabled 232; DUNN & ture management 232. BLOM - Field guide to the birds of North America 90; ELKINS - SCOTTISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' Weather and bird behaviour 28; CLUB - 30-31, 62-63, 94-96, 126- EV ANS et al - Coastal waders 137 (Report of Council), 169, 200- and wildfowl in winter 198; 201, 235-237, 276-279. 286 INDEX Vol. 13 Plates Plates Between pages 1 Oystercatcher at the nest (P. J. Newman) 16/17 2 Grey Herons at the nest (A. D. Johnson) 3 Fulmar in flight (F. Burton) 4 Lapwing uncovering brood patches (P. J. Newman) 5a Arctic Tern in flight (p. J. Newman) b Arctic Tern at the nest (P. J. Newman) 6 Female Wheatear at nest entrance (P. J. Newman) 7 Black-headed Gull incubating (A. D. Johnson) 8 Work parties on the Isle of May 48/49 a Outside the Lookout in 1934 (R. M. Hockley) b Gull cull team in 1970 (N. J. Gordon) 9 Vegetation on the Isle of May : a In the 1930's (G. M. Cowie) b Affected by gulls (N. J. Gordon) 10 Aspects of the Isle of May : a The approach to the low light (T.
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