113 TRANSACTIONS of the Buteshire Natural History Society Subject Index Volumes I – XXVI List of Subjects Agriculture and Fisheries Genetics Archaeology Geography Armed Forces Geology Bees History Birds Industry Botany Law and Order Buteshire Natural History Society Local Government Annuals Reports Mammals Appreciation of Dr J.N. Marshall Marine Biology Constitution Members of Parliament Historical Meteorology and Weather Income and Expenditure Miscellaneous Index to Transactions Molluscs Library Mycology Museum Newspapers Office Bearers and Members Obituaries Presidents Place Names Butterflies Postal Services Crustaceans Religion Education Reptiles and Amphibians Entomology Rothesay Harbour Family History Transport Ferns Trees and Forestry Fishes Wild Flowers Freshwater Biology General Natural History Author Index: please see page 129. 114 Agriculture and Fisheries Volume Pages Kames Estate and Castle: Bannatynes and later own- ers Farming in Denmark Jess Sandeman 25 14-23 Mr N. Lamont 2 44-48 Old extent in Bute and the meaning of the Merkland Seaweeds and the foreshore Angus C. Hannah 26 28-38 Dr J.N. Marshall 4 15-24 From Clydesdale horse to tractor French gardening Grace Hannah 26 48-49 Mr J. Rennie 5 29-38 Archaeology John Blain’s diary Mr R.D. Whyte 10 29-44 Prehistory of Bute Professor T.H. Bryce 3 11-17 The Foley pigeons Mr R.D. Whyte 10 45-49 Rothesay in the seventeenth century Mr A.D. Macbeth 3 48-66 Arran in the eighteenth century Mr G. Laidler 11 5-23 Gold from the mine to mint Mr J.S. Macarthur 6 42-51 John Blain and his times Mr R.D. Whyte 11 24-45 Preliminary note on some excavations at Dunagoil fort and cave Rothesay 100 years ago Dr J.N. Marshall 8 42-49 Mr R.D. Whyte 11 46-65 Animal remains from excavations at Dunagoil cave, Rothesay from the time of the Commonwealth to Bute the Revolution Dr J. Ritchie 8 50-60 Mr R.D. Whyte 12 27-49 Reports on the relics discovered during excavations at Clam fishing in the Firth of Clyde Dunagoil cave and fort, Bute Mr R. Elmhirst 13 113-116 Mr M.L. Mann 8 61-86 The Norway lobster fishery in the Clyde area Note on the results of the exploration of the fort at Dr A.P. Orr 14 77-81 Dunagoil Mr M.L. Mann 9 56-101 Winkle gathering in Bute Miss D.N. Marshall 14 82-86 Archaeological notes: Townhead, Kilmichael and Kingarth Economic geography of the Isle of Bute Dr J.N. Marshall 10 50-57 Dr G. Whittington 15 17-34 On a group of short cists at Little Kilmory, Bute The Loch Ryan oyster beds Dr J.N. Marshall and Professor T.H. Bryce Dr R.H. Millar 15 35-37 11 73-79 Corn kilns in Bute Clachan Ard fort, Bute Miss I.D. Milligan 15 53-60 Dr J.N. Marshall 11 80-83 Tidal fish-traps in Bute Mr J. Ferrier 17 31-35 Old kiln of Kilwhinleck Dr J.N. Marshall 11 84-87 Fifty years of farming Mrs E. Johnston 20 36-52 A survey of the caves of Bute and the Cumbraes Miss D.N. Marshall 12 113-118 Chemical residues in birds and eggs found on Bute Mr I. Hopkins 21 107-109 Two cinerary urns from the Toment end Miss D.N. Marshall 14 57 Bute farm names with personal name elements Angus Hannah 25 61-67 115 The cross at East St Colmac Glen Callum Bay bronze age cairn Miss D.N. Marshall 14 58 Miss D.N. Marshall 17 52-54 A bronze age cist at Kildavanan The crannog on Quien Loch Miss D.N. Marshall 14 59-61 Miss D.N. Marshall 17 55-58 Excavation of a chapel at St Ninian’s Point, Isle of The excavation of Hilton cairn Bute Miss D.N. Marshall 20 8-20 Mr W.G. Aitken 14 62-76 The pottery found at Hilton The Queen of the Inch Mr J.G. Scott 20 21-22 Miss D.N. Marshall and Mr J. Ferrier 15 5-14 Environmental conditions at Hilton cairn Dr G. Whittington 20 23-26 The rebated cist at Inchmarnock Mr J.G. Scott 15 15-16 The story of the excavation of the Neolithic burial cairn at Glenvoidean (Part 2) The Loch Ryan oyster beds Miss D.N. Marshall 20 27-33 Dr R.H. Millar 15 35-37 The Kingarth standing stones Ganoid fishes in Bute Miss D.N. Marshall 20 34-35 Mr G.D. Matheson 15 38-42 Recent finds on Inchmarnock Report on the excavation at Dun Scalpsie, Isle of Miss D.N. Marshall 21 15-18 Bute, July 1959 Mr R.E. MacCallum 15 45-52 Bronze age cairn, Little Kilmory, Bute Miss D.N. Marshall 21 19-22 Corn kilns in Bute Miss E.D. Milligan 15 53-60 A note on Mesolithic sites in Bute Mr W.F. Cormack 22 6 Three archaeological investigations Miss D.N. Marshall 15 61-64 The enigmatic cup mark carvings on Bute Miss D.N. Marshall 22 7-20 Clay mould for socketed axes Dr J.M. Coles 16 59 The investigation of Kilbride cairn Miss D.N. Marshall 22 21-25 Pottery sherds Mr A. Sharp 16 60 A report on early artefacts found at St Ninian’s Chapel Spisula subtruncata Miss D.N. Marshall 22 27 Dr S.M. Marshall 16 61 Finds from the chapel site at St Ninian’s Point, Isle of Tidal fish traps in Bute Bute Mr J. Ferrier 17 31-35 Mr J.G. Scott 22 28-31 A possible protomegalith at Dunagoil, in Bute A prehistoric chipping-floor of agates on the hills of Mr J.G. Scott 17 36-38 South Bute Mr H. McFadzean 22 33-34 The story of the excavation of the neolithic burial cairn at Glenvoidean (Part 1) Finds (agates) Miss D.N. Marshall 17 39-44 Mr J.G. Scott 22 35-38 The long narrow ‘house’ at Glenvoidean Note on the carbonised deposit on the bank of the Miss D.N. Marshall 17 45-48 Drumachloy Burn Miss D.N. Marshall 22 116 Bronze age cup-marked stones, Glenvoidean Miss D.N. Marshall 17 49-51 A shell deposit near Black Farland Bay (West Kyle) Miss D.N. Marshall 22 117 116 Carved stone cross from Inchmarnock Birds Miss D.N. Marshall 23 5-7 The fauna of the fresh water lochs of Bute Burnt mound, Mecknoch Farm Dr J.N. Marshall 1 24-29 Mrs A. Speirs 23 9-12 The feeding of wild birds in confinement The platforms in Barmore Wood Mr J. Clark 4 77-82 Miss E.B. Rennie 23 13-16 Animal remains from excavations at Dunagoil cave – A small structure on Ardroscadale Farm Bute Mrs A. Ross 23 17-19 Dr J. Ritchie 8 50-60 Ambrisbeg Hill: enclosure and cairn (Interim report) Anne Speirs 24 34-36 Some notes on birds in the collection of the Bute Natural History Museum Isle of Bute deserted settlement survey (Interim re- Earl of Dumfries 10 58-62 port) Angus Hannah and Edwina Proudfoot The birds of Inchmarnock, a Clyde island 24 37-56 Rev. J.N. McWilliam 12 5-21 Bronnoch: a short case-study in settlement history The birds of Scar Rocks: the Wigtownshire gannetry Angus Hannah 24 57-59 Rev. J.N. McWilliam 13 63-83 The Bute Museum carved stone collection Notes for a lecture on bird-ringing Anne Speirs 24 60-61 Lord David Stuart 13 125-127 Excavation of a short cist at Ascog The birds of the Island of Arran Edwina Proudfoot 25 5-10 Dr J.A. Gibson 14 87-117 Deserted settlements on Bute Population studies of Clyde seabirds. Part 1 (i) The survey :Edwina Proudfoot Dr J.A. Gibson 17 79-95 25 25-28 (ii) A gazetteer of sites: Angus Hannah Comparative census of nesting, carried out on the 25 29-56 Burnt Islands Mr A. Stephen 17 99-106 Dunagoil, Bute, revisited D.N. Harding 26 1-19 Recent sightings Preliminary report on the excavation of a short cist Mr I. Hopkins 17 106-108 burial, Kildavanan Farm, autumn 2002 Edwina Proudfoot 26 27 Breeding birds of the Little Cumbrae Dr J.A. Gibson 17 109-114 Armed Forces Rookeries in Rothesay Notes on early Bute volunteering Miss D.N. Marshall 17 116 Mr R.D. Whyte 8 23-28 Count of eider duck families round the shores of Buteshire’s naval and military contribution in the Bute Napoleonic Wars Miss D.N. Marshall 17 117-118 Cmdr Ian Hamilton, R.N., (Rtd) 22 41-48 Recent notes on the breeding birds of some small Buteshire islands Bees Dr J.A. Gibson 17 119-123 Collected notes on the bumble-bees on the Island of Population studies of Clyde seabirds Part 2 Bute Dr J.A. Gibson 18 21-30 Dr J.A. Gibson 23 47-50 Clyde seabird disasters – an historical survey Notes on the cuckoo-bees of the Island of Bute Dr J.A. Gibson 23 51 Dr J.A. Gibson 18 35-44 117 Population studies of Clyde seabirds Part 3 Supplementary notes on Bute vertebrates Dr J.A. Gibson 20 53-67 Dr J.A. Gibson 26 99-107 A survey of rookeries in Buteshire in 1975 The breeding birds of Inchmarnock: an evolving avi- Dr M.E. Castle 20 81-85 fauna Ronald W. Forrester 26 108-120 King Eider in Bute Mr P. Crichton 21 65-67 The lapwing’s tale Michael Thomas 26 121-122 Notes on the birds of the Island of Bute, 1927-1980 Dr J.A.