Index to Scottish Birds volumes 1-20 by Keith Naylor Part 3: Non-passerines (from game birds)

PHEASANTS AND GROUSE Phasianidae
PAPERS
1: 283 Some observations on the Capercaillie (J. Harris).
2: 81-84 Aggressive Capercaillies (D. Jenkins & C. K. Mylne).
3: 3-13 Current research on Red Grouse in Scotland (D. Jenkins, A. Watson & G. R. Miller).
3: 331-349 Research on Scottish Ptarmigan (A. Watson).
4: 209 Sex and age ratios and weights of Capercaillie from the 1965-66 shooting season in Scotland (F. C. Zwickel).
6: 313-321; 7: 103 Characteristics of Pheasant x Capercaillie Hybrids (D. A. Boag, A. Watson & N. Bousfield).
15: 45 (1989 BR) Quail in Scotland, 1989 (R. D. Murray).
17: 20-26 A Survey of Black Grouse leks in Perthshire (M. C. Robinson, D. Baines & W. Mattingley).
17: 127-131 Research on Capercaillie and their habitat (R. Moss).
18: 11-19 Lek habitats of Capercaillie at Abernethy Forest, Strathspey (R. W. Summers, R. Proctor & S. I. H. Shah).
SHORT NOTES
1: 94 Red-legged Partridge in Scotland
1: 186 Partridges nesting at high altitudes
1: 329 Red Grouse at St Kilda
2: 96 Red-legged Partridges in Perthshire
4: 88 Capercaillie x Black grouse hybrid in Perthshire
7: 258 Autumn aggression of Capercaillie
9: 347 Exceptional Red Grouse nest made of straw
12: 89 Persistent predators
15: 90 Red Grouse homing for 35 kilometres
16: 47 Capercaillie numbers on three Loch Lomond islands
17: 104 Hen Harriers systematically testing flocks of Ring-necked Pheasants
17: 235 Interaction between Red Grouse and Osprey
19: 117 Capercaillie and Black Grouse south of Banff in the 1940's
PHOTOS
Ptarmigan 3: 353-355, 358; 6: 435; 9: 263
Black Grouse 4: 91; 6: 318; 9: 385
Capercaillie 2: 80; 4: 91; 12: 156 (16); 18: 32

RAILS AND COOTS Rallidae
PAPERS
17: 27-39 Productivity of waterfowl breeding at Airthrey Loch, Stirling (M. V. Bell).
20: 14-17 The breeding status of the Spotted Crake in north east Scotland (I. Francis & A. Thorpe).
SHORT NOTES
1: 12 Water Rail in Wester Ross
1: 187 Song of the Water Rail
1: 235 Little Crake in Shetland
2: 30 Spotted Crake in Midlothian
2: 34 Shell stripped from Coot's egg
2: 365 Water Rails "scavenging" in open
2: 426 Spotted Crake in Kirkcudbrightshire
3: 31 Spotted Crake in Midlothian
3: 195 Parasitic association of Gadwall and Coot
3: 416 Spotted Crake in Dunbartonshire
4: 372 Spotted Crake in west Sutherland
6: 277 Little Crake at Fair Isle
7: 52 Corncrakes breeding in Stirlingshire
11: 53 The 1978 / 9 survey of Corncrakes in Britain
16: 211 Baillon's Crake, Fair Isle, Shetland
16: 220 Alarm calls used by a presumed Spotted Crake in the Grampian Region
LETTERS
1: 73 Water Rail in Wester Ross
2: 219 Spotted Crake in Midlothian
16: 289 Baillon's Crake at Fair Isle
17: 70 The Fair Isle Baillon's Crake and other corpses
PHOTOS
Water Rail 2: 375
Baillon's Crake 16: 192

CRANES Gruiformes
SHORT NOTES
1: 12 Probable Common Cranes in Shetland
1: 187 Crane in Sutherland
2: 245 Cranes in Aberdeenshire
2: 422 Cranes in Fife, Inverness-shire and Lanarkshire
4: 447 Crane in Aberdeenshire
4: 556 Cranes in north Argyll
PHOTOS
Crane 4: 562; 6: 99

BUSTARDS Otididae
SHORT NOTES
3: 253 Little Bustard in Wigtownshire
6: 171 Great Bustard at Fair Isle
PHOTOS
Great Bustard 6: 162

SHOREBIRDS Charadriiformes
OYSTERCATCHERS Haematopodidae
PAPERS
8: 299-308 Wintering wader populations on the rocky shores of eastern Scotland (R. W. Summers, N. K. Atkinson & M. Nicholl).
10: 38-50 Some breeding birds of Unst (G. Bundy).
11: 142-152 The breeding habitats of waders on North Uist machair (R. J. Fuller).
12: 38-43 Wintering coastal waders of Lewis and Harris (N. E. Buxton).
12: 65-72 The abundance and feeding distribution of Clyde Estuary shorebirds (J. B. Halliday, D. J. Curtis, D. B. A. Thompson, E. M. Bignal & J. C. Smyth).
12: 106-113 Wintering waders on the Atlantic shores of the Uists and Benbecula (N. E. Buxton).
12: 148-153 Breeding waders on agricultural land (H. Galbraith & R. W. Furness).
12: 180-186 Breeding waders of the Caithness flows (T. M. Reed, D. R. Langslow & F. L. Symonds).
12: 206-211 Winter wader populations on the open shores of northern Scotland (R. W. Summers & N. E. Buxton).
13: 2-7 Breeding Lowland Waders in east Sutherland (J. & C. F. Barrett).
13: 98-107 Habitats and distribution of waders breeding on Scottish agricultural land (H. Galbraith, R. W. Furness & R. J. Fuller).
14: 9-16 Breeding waders of blackland, moorland and agriculturally improved moorland in the Uists and Benbecula (M. W. Pienkowski, R. J. Fuller, D. B. Jackson & S. M. Percival).
15: 71-79 Waders on the coast of Shetland in winter: numbers and habitat preferences (R. W. Summers, P. M. Ellis & J. P. Johnston).
15: 97-105 Moray Basin wader populations (R. L. Swann & G. P. Mudge).
15: 106-113 Wintering wildfowl and waders at Aberdeen, 1975-1986 (M. V. Bell).
16: 90-105 Winter shorebird populations in Orkney (R. W. Summers, C. J. Corse, M. W. A. Martin & E. R. Meek).
18: 231-241 The numbers of breeding waders in lowland Scotland (M. O'Brien).
19: 36-54 Waterfowl counts on the Tay Estuary, 1985-1995 (N. Elkins & B. M. Lynch).
20: 73-80 Breeding population estimates for Lapwing, Oystercatcher, and Curlew in Scotland: results of the 1998 BTO Lapwing survey (A. M. Wilson & S. J. Browne).
SHORT NOTES
6: 278 Hard times and the disadvantage of deformity (Oystercatcher)
11: 55 Starving Oystercatchers in Deeside after severe snowstorm
13: 268 Waders wintering on Colonsay and Oransay
13: 270 Oystercatcher laying in Lapwing nest
14: 184 Mixed clutch of Oystercatcher and Lapwing eggs incubated by an Oystercatcher
15: 91 Decline of shore waders at Loch Morlich
15: 182 Early return of Oystercatchers to north-east Scotland in spring 1989
18: 183 Oystercatchers nesting in clear cut forestry plantations
18: 184 Oystercatcher apparently rearing Lapwings
18: 197-204 Breeding waders in the Cairngorms Straths ESA in 1995 (N. Picozzi, D. C. Catt & R. P. Cummins).
19: 181 Oystercatcher incubating Lapwing clutch
LETTERS
10: 184 Wader counting on the rocky shores of East Lothian
PHOTOS
Oystercatcher 4: 166; 6: 264; 7: 83, 296, 411; 10: 54 (6); 13: 16 (1), 81 (15), 260 (41); 18: 32

AVOCETS AND STILTS Recurvirostridae
SHORT NOTES
1: 72 Black-winged Stilt in Renfrewshire
1: 335 Avocet in East Lothian

COURSERS AND PRATINCOLES Glareolidae
SHORT NOTES
4: 90 Pratincole in Orkney
4: 230 Cream-coloured Courser in East Lothian
5: 28 Cream-coloured Courser in Lanarkshire
7: 259 Collared Pratincole on Fair Isle
10: 314 Black-winged Pratincole in Aberdeenshire

STONE-CURLEWS Burhinidae
SHORT NOTES
3: 417 Stone Curlew in north Fife
4: 296 Stone Curlew in Lanarkshire
7: 53 Stone Curlew in Peebleshire

PLOVERS Charadriidae
PAPERS
8: 299-308 Wintering wader populations on the rocky shores of eastern Scotland (R. W. Summers, N. K. Atkinson & M. Nicholl).
10: 38-50 Some breeding birds of Unst (G. Bundy).
11: 142-152 The breeding habitats of waders on North Uist machair (R. J. Fuller).
12: 38-43 Wintering coastal waders of Lewis and Harris (N. E. Buxton).
12: 65-72 The abundance and feeding distribution of Clyde Estuary shorebirds (J. B. Halliday, D. J. Curtis, D. B. A. Thompson, E. M. Bignal & J. C. Smyth).
12: 106-113 Wintering waders on the Atlantic shores of the Uists and Benbecula (N. E. Buxton).
12: 148-153 Breeding waders on agricultural land (H. Galbraith & R. W. Furness).
12: 180-186 Breeding waders of the Caithness flows (T. M. Reed, D. R. Langslow & F. L. Symonds).
12: 206-211 Winter wader populations on the open shores of northern Scotland (R. W. Summers & N. E. Buxton).
13: 2-7 Breeding Lowland Waders in east Sutherland (J. & C. F. Barrett).
13: 98-107 Habitats and distribution of waders breeding on Scottish agricultural land (H. Galbraith, R. W. Furness & R. J. Fuller).
14: 9-16 Breeding waders of blackland, moorland and agriculturally improved moorland in the Uists and Benbecula (M. W. Pienkowski, R. J. Fuller, D. B. Jackson & S. M. Percival).
14: 191-198 Dotterel numbers, habitat and breeding success in Scotland (A. Watson & R. Rae).
15: 71-79 Waders on the coast of Shetland in winter: numbers and habitat preferences (R. W. Summers, P. M. Ellis & J. P. Johnston).
15: 97-105 Moray Basin wader populations (R. L. Swann & G. P. Mudge).
16: 90-105 Winter shorebird populations in Orkney (R. W. Summers, C. J. Corse, M. W. A. Martin & E. R. Meek).
18: 197-204 Breeding waders in the Cairngorms Straths ESA in 1995 (N. Picozzi, D. C. Catt & R. P. Cummins).
18: 231-241 The numbers of breeding waders in lowland Scotland (M. O'Brien).
19: 36-54 Waterfowl counts on the Tay Estuary, 1985-1995 (N. Elkins & B. M. Lynch).
20: 73-80 Breeding population estimates for Lapwing, Oystercatcher, and Curlew in Scotland: results of the 1998 BTO Lapwing survey (A. M. Wilson & S. J. Browne).
SHORT NOTES
1: 13 Unusual colour of Lapwing's eggs
1: 68 American Golden Plover on Fair Isle
1: 69 The identification of the American Golden Plover
2: 246 Kentish Plover in Aberdeenshire
4: 224 Little Ringed Plovers in Scotland in autumn
4: 226 Kentish Plover in Fife
5: 27 Little Ringed Plover in Lanarkshire
5: 174 Little Ringed Plover in Renfrewshire
5: 282 Little Ringed Plovers breeding in Clyde
5: 381 Dotterel notes from the Cairngorms
5: 467 Sociable Plovers in Orkney
9: 125 Ringed Plover swimming
11: 24 Lesser Golden Plover in Dumfriesshire
11: 25 Aberrant Golden Plover
12: 190 Dotterel numbers and breeding in the Central Grampians
13: 268 Waders wintering on Colonsay and Oransay
13: 270 Oystercatcher laying in Lapwing nest
14: 184 Mixed clutch of Oystercatcher and Lapwing eggs incubated by an Oystercatcher
14: 257 Greater Sand Plover at Aberlady Bay
15: 44 Sexing and distinguishing juvenile Dotterel in summer
15: 91 Decline of shore waders at Loch Morlich
16: 42 Little Ringed Plovers breeding in Fife
18: 55 Little Ringed Plovers attempt breeding in Dumfriesshire
18: 184 Oystercatcher apparently rearing Lapwings
19: 181 Oystercatcher incubating Lapwing clutch
19: 246 Double brooding by Lapwings
LETTERS
10: 184 Wader counting on the rocky shores of East Lothian
PHOTOS
Ringed Plover 12: 118 (14b)
Killdeer 12:189 (23a)
Dotterel 5: 388; 7: 133; 14: 193
American Golden Plover 1: 75
Pacific Golden Plover 1: 75
Golden Plover 10: 308 (30a); 12: 188 (22); 14: 104
Lapwing 6: 436; 10: 308 (30b); 12: 156 (18a); 13: 16 (4), 260 (42); 14: 8; 18: 241

SANDPIPERS AND SNIPE Scolopacidae
PAPERS
7: 275-281 Wader population at Musselburgh (R. W. Furness).
7: 281-287, 387 Roost selection by waders (R. W. Furness).
7: 302-306 Breeding distribution of Grey Wagtails, Dippers and Common Sandpipers on the Midlothian Esk (C. N. L. Cowper).
7: 391-398 The 1972 midwinter census of waders in Scotland (A. J. Prater).
8: 279 Scottish Bird Report 1973 - additions (Grey Phalarope, Little Stint).
8: 299-308 Wintering wader populations on the rocky shores of eastern Scotland (R. W. Summers, N. K. Atkinson & M. Nicholl).
10: 38-50 Some breeding birds of Unst (G. Bundy).
11: 142-152 The breeding habitats of waders on North Uist machair (R. J. Fuller).
12: 3-11 Seabird movements around western Islay (K. Verrall & W. R. P. Bourne).
12: 38-43 Wintering coastal waders of Lewis and Harris (N. E. Buxton).
12: 65-72 The abundance and feeding distribution of Clyde Estuary shorebirds (J. B. Halliday, D. J. Curtis, D. B. A. Thompson, E. M. Bignal & J. C. Smyth).
12: 106-113 Wintering waders on the Atlantic shores of the Uists and Benbecula (N. E. Buxton).
12: 148-153 Breeding waders on agricultural land (H. Galbraith & R. W. Furness).
12: 180-186 Breeding waders of the Caithness flows (T. M. Reed, D. R. Langslow & F. L. Symonds).
12: 206-211 Winter wader populations on the open shores of northern Scotland (R. W. Summers & N. E. Buxton).
13: 2-7 Breeding Lowland Waders in east Sutherland (J. & C. F. Barrett).
13: 98-107 Habitats and distribution of waders breeding on Scottish agricultural land (H. Galbraith, R. W. Furness & R. J. Fuller).
14: 9-16 Breeding waders of blackland, moorland and agriculturally improved moorland in the Uists and Benbecula (M. W. Pienkowski, R. J. Fuller, D. B. Jackson & S. M. Percival).
14: 68-73 The distribution of Hardangervidda Purple Sandpipers outwith the breeding season (R. Rae, M. Nicoll & R. W. Summers).
15: 71-79 Waders on the coast of Shetland in winter: numbers and habitat preferences (R. W. Summers, P. M. Ellis & J. P. Johnston).
15: 97-105 Moray Basin wader populations (R. L. Swann & G. P. Mudge).
15: 106-113 Wintering wildfowl and waders at Aberdeen, 1975-1986 (M. V. Bell).
16: 90-105 Winter shorebird populations in Orkney (R. W. Summers, C. J. Corse, M. W. A. Martin & E. R. Meek).
18: 193-196 Numbers of Whimbrel breeding in Shetland in 1989-1994 and previously (C. P. Dore, P. M. Ellis & E. M. Stuart).
18: 197-204 Breeding waders in the Cairngorms Straths ESA in 1995 (N. Picozzi, D. C. Catt & R. P. Cummins).
18: 231-241 The numbers of breeding waders in lowland Scotland (M. O'Brien).
19: 36-54 Waterfowl counts on the Tay Estuary, 1985-1995 (N. Elkins & B. M. Lynch).
19: 101-104 Declines in Turnstones and Purple Sandpipers wintering in south-east Scotland (H. E. M. Dott).
19: 185-194 Minimal numbers and habitat of breeding Dunlin in north-east Scotland (R. Rae & A. Watson).
SHORT NOTES
1: 13 Breeding of Whimbrel in Lewis
1: 13 Black-tailed Godwits in Solway
1: 14 Green Sandpipers in Solway
1: 33 Spotted Redshank in Morayshire and Nairnshire
1: 34, 76 Dowitcher in Berwickshire
1: 35 Bar-tailed Godwits migrating through Moray Firth
1: 35 Semipalmated Sandpiper on the Isle of May
1: 70 Black-tailed Godwits in Solway
1: 71 Spotted Redshanks in autumn 1958
1: 94 Greater Yellowlegs in Aberdeenshire
1: 94 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Lanarkshire
1: 124 Wood Sandpipers in east Inverness, Lanark and East Lothian
1: 124 Common Sandpiper carrying young
1: 150 Wood Sandpiper breeding in Sutherland
1: 188, 442 Lesser Yellowlegs in Aberdeenshire
1: 235, 442 Slender-billed Curlew in Scotland
1: 236 Pectoral Sandpiper in Dunbartonshire
1: 330 Dowitchers in East Lothian and Lanarkshire
1: 331 Wood Sandpiper breeding in west Inverness-shire
1: 333 Exceptional numbers of Little Stints in Morayshire
1: 333 Pectoral Sandpiper in east Stirling
1: 334 Buff-breasted Sandpipers in East Lothian and Sutherland
1: 427 Whimbrel breeding in Sutherland
1: 493 White Woodcock in east Sutherland
1: 493 Pectoral Sandpiper in East Lothian
2: 247 Unusual behaviour of Bar-tailed Godwit
2: 309 Wood Sandpipers breeding in Sutherland
2: 366 Wilson's Phalarope in Dunbartonshire
3: 82 Wilson's Phalarope in Fife
3: 196 Wood Sandpiper breeding in north Sutherland
3: 254 Dowitchers in Shetland and Dunbartonshire
3: 256 Black-tailed Godwit breeding in southern Scotland
4: 88 Temminck's Stint in East Lothian
4: 226 Dowitcher in Shetland
4: 227 Great Snipe on Fair Isle
4: 228 Probable breeding of Wood Sandpiper in Perthshire
4: 228 A big flock of Little Stints
4: 229 Temminck's and Little Stints in East Lothian in spring
4: 504 Least Sandpiper in Clyde
4: 506 White-rumped Sandpiper in Outer Hebrides
4: 557 Marsh Sandpiper in Caithness-a new Scottish bird
5: 27 White-rumped Sandpiper in Caithness
5: 216 Broad-billed Sandpipers in Stirlingshire and Morayshire
5: 283 Temminck's Stint in Renfrewshire
5: 284 Early Pectoral Sandpiper in Morayshire
5: 384 Common Sandpiper devoured by Common Gull
6: 40 Long-billed Dowitcher in Dunbartonshire
6: 41 Dowitcher in Inner Hebrides
6: 42 Marsh Sandpiper in Shetland
6: 200 Dowitchers in Dumfriesshire and Orkney
6: 201 Marsh Sandpiper in Shetland-a postscript
6: 202 White-rumped Sandpiper in Orkney
6: 279 Whimbrels breeding at sea level in northern Highlands
6: 280 Stilt Sandpiper in south-east Sutherland - a new bird for Scotland
6: 281 Pectoral Sandpiper in Peebleshire
6: 332 Temminck's Stint in Stirlingshire
6: 333 Wilson's Phalarope in Angus
6: 445 Upland Sandpiper at Fair Isle
6: 446 White-rumped Sandpiper in Orkney
7: 53 Buff-breasted Sandpiper in Inner Hebrides
7: 94 Temminck's Stint breeding in Scotland
7: 94 Baird's Sandpiper in Outer Hebrides
7: 95 Red-necked Phalarope in Dunbartonshire
7: 311 Ruffs inland near Aberlady Bay, East Lothian
7: 313 Wilson's Phalarope in Kirkcudbrightshire
8: 31 Great Snipe in Shetland
8: 71 Pectoral Sandpipers in Caithness and Shetland
8: 382 Unusual nest of Redshank / Snipe
9: 162 Baird's Sandpiper in Midlothian
10: 22 Reaction of Grey Phalarope to Sparrowhawk
10: 53 Terek Sandpiper in Shetland
10: 179 Redshanks swimming for food
10: 234 Waders feeding on grain in cold weather
10: 237 Probable breeding of Ruff in the Hebrides
11: 164 Two Whimbrels laying in one nest
12: 56 Movement of a Greenshank chick
13: 190 Woodcock with abnormal bill
13: 268 Waders wintering on Colonsay and Oransay
14: 124 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper at Aberlady Bay, Lothian
14: 211 A probable hybrid Dunlin x Sanderling
15: 91 Decline of shore waders at Loch Morlich
16: 36 Common Sandpiper stalking and catching small fish
16: 46 Inter-island flights by Sanderlings at dusk and dawn in Orkney
16: 277 Semipalmated Sandpiper on Fair Isle: a first record for Scotland
17: 62 Solitary Sandpiper on Fair Isle: a third Scottish record
17: 163 Site fidelity of Jack Snipe on migration?
17: 173 Semipalmated Sandpiper on Stronsay: second Scottish record
18: 51 Diurnal and tidal activity patterns of Purple Sandpipers on the Isle of May, Fife
20: 44 Recent fluctuations in a Common Sandpiper breeding population
LETTERS
10: 184 Wader counting on the rocky shores of East Lothian
16: 144 Inter Island flights by Sanderlings at North Ronaldsay
19: 306 Numbers of Turnstones and Purple Sandpipers on the East Lothian coast
PHOTOS
Knot 7: 296
Sanderling 12: 118 (14a)
Semipalmated Sandpiper 16: 266
Temminck's Stint 7: 86; 10: 114 (10)
White-rumped Sandpiper 4: 498; 7: 354
Pectoral Sandpiper 7: 133; 10: 114 (15)
Purple Sandpiper 8: 318; 12: 220 (26); 14: 69, 72; 18: 54
Dunlin 7: 354; 11: 156 (18b); 12: 80 (8)
Stilt Sandpiper 10: 114 (9c)
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 13: 314
Ruff 6: 434
Jack Snipe 13: 314
Snipe 10: 308 (31a); 17: 216
Long-billed Dowitcher 17: 217
Bar-tailed Godwit 7: 296
Whimbrel 1: 382; 18: 196
Curlew 6: 263; 10: 308 (29a); 13: 220 (35)
Redshank 8: 366-368; 11: 156 (18a); 12: 156 (18b); 14: 8; 18: 32
Marsh Sandpiper 6: 99, 206
Solitary Sandpiper 17: 62
Green Sandpiper 2: 264; 10: 266 (27a); 14: 285
Common Sandpiper 4: 161; 7: 85; 10: 308 (31b)
Grey-tailed Tattler 18: 32
Turnstone 8: 318; 12: 220 (26); 13: 81 (15), 261 (44)
Wilson's Phalarope 7: 297
Red-necked Phalarope 14: 239
Grey Phalarope 6: 375; 10: 18 (3a); 14: 108

SKUAS Stercorariidae
PAPERS
4: 340-350 Numbers of Great Skuas and other seabirds of Hermaness, Unst (H. E. M. Dott).
9: 143-147, 284 First recorded erythristic eggs of Arctic Skua and Herring Gull in Britain (D. J. Bates, H. M. S. Blair & I. H. J. Lyster).
10: 38-50 Some breeding birds of Unst (G. Bundy).
10: 216-221 Spring passage of skuas at Balranald, North Uist (D. L. Davenport).
10: 289-296 The effects of Great Skua predation on the breeding biology of the Kittiwake on Foula, Shetland (Bridget Furness).
11: 237-253 Seabird populations of Foula (R. W. Furness).
12: 3-11 Seabird movements around western Islay (K. Verrall & W. R. P. Bourne).
14: 25-32 Breeding seabirds of Noss, Shetland (N. A. Willcox, M. G. Richardson & C. P. Dore).
15: 9-20 The distribution and status of Arctic and Great Skuas in Shetland 1985-86 (P. J. Ewins, P. M. Ellis, D. B. Bird & A. Prior).
15: 21-29 The seabirds of St Kilda, 1987 (M. L. Tasker, P. R. Moore & R. A. Schofield).
15: 80-82 The status and distribution of the Great Skua in the Western Isles (F. W. Rennie).
16: 85-89 The spring passage of Long-tailed Skuas off North Uist in 1991 (D. L. Davenport).
17: 50-55 Spring passage of Pomarine Skuas off Shetland in May 1992 (H. R. Harrop, M. Mellor & D. Suddaby).
18: 78-87 Seabirds of Handa Island (J. G. Stoneman & N. A. Willcox).
19: 160-165 Fish prey in the diet of Great Skuas at St Kilda (D. R. Thompson, K. C. Hamer & R. A. Phillips).
SHORT NOTES
1: 14 Great Skua breeding on Papa Westray, Orkney
1: 15 Great Skua in north Perth
1: 124 Great Skua nesting in Outer Hebrides
1: 125 Long-tailed Skua in Lewis
2: 304 Autumn movements of shearwaters, skuas and other sea-birds in north Sutherland and Easter Ross
2: 427 Great Skua breeding on St Kilda
3: 313 Great Skua breeding in north-west Highlands
7: 205 A large movement of skuas in the Outer Hebrides
8: 383 Long-tailed Skua in central Grampians
9: 125 Great Skuas probably killing Mountain Hare and Rabbits
10: 238 Great Skuas killing young Shelducks
11: 119 Great Skuas hunting disabled prey
11: 225 Spring passage of skuas at Handa
13: 26 Storm Petrel attacking Great Skua
14: 180 Large passage of Skuas off Balranald, North Uist in May 1986
16: 284 Great Skuas attacking a flock of moulting Eiders
18: 110 Arctic Skua incubating own egg and Common Gull eggs in Common Gull nest
20: 40 Grey Heron killed by Great Skua
20: 41 Pomarine Skua kleptoparasitising an inland gull roost
LETTERS
1: 74 Great Skua breeding in Orkney
1: 156 Great Skua nesting in Outer Hebrides
9: 319 Great Skuas as predators of mammals
9: 358 Great Skuas killing mammals
17: 69 Attacks by Great Skuas on an Eider and a Mute Swan
17: 172 Spring passage of Skuas in Outer Hebrides
PHOTOS
Pomarine Skua 6: 101
Arctic Skua 4: 369; 11: 258 (28b); 12: 157 (19)
Great Skua 4: 29, 368; 10:54 (6); 12: 119 (15b); 15: 82

GULLS AND TERNS Laridae
GULLS Larinae
PAPERS
1: 362-367 Little Gulls in Angus and Fife (J. Grierson).
2: 3-17 The spring departure of Common Gulls from Scotland (W. R. P. Bourne & I. J. Patterson).
4: 340-350 Numbers of Great Skuas and other seabirds of Hermaness, Unst (H. E. M. Dott).
4: 493-502 The "Carrick" gull and others-Iceland or albino? (A. T. Macmillan).
8: 53-62 Spitzbergen 1972 - ornithological work of the Aberdeen University expedition (A. Anderson, L. Campbell, W. Murray, D. P. Stone, R. L. Swann).
9: 143-147, 284 First recorded erythristic eggs of Arctic Skua and Herring Gull in Britain (D. J. Bates, H. M. S. Blair & I. H. J. Lyster).
9: 334-342 Ross's Gulls in Britain (M. Densley).
10: 38-50 Some breeding birds of Unst (G. Bundy).
10: 50-53 Gulls and terns nesting inland in north-east Scotland (W. R. P. Bourne, A. J. M. Smith & A. Dowse).
10: 247-261 The cliff-breeding seabirds of east Caithness in 1977 (G. P. Mudge).
10: 289-296 The effects of Great Skua predation on the breeding biology of the Kittiwake on Foula, Shetland (Bridget Furness).
11: 180-188 The Lesser Black-backed Gull on the Isle of May (N. Duncan).
11: 237-253 Seabird populations of Foula (R. W. Furness).
12: 3-11 Seabird movements around western Islay (K. Verrall & W. R. P. Bourne).
12: 65-72 The abundance and feeding distribution of Clyde Estuary shorebirds (J. B. Halliday, D. J. Curtis, D. B. A. Thompson, E. M. Bignal & J. C. Smyth).
12: 174-180 Seabird populations of the Isle of May (M. P. Harris & H. Galbraith).
13: 40-47 Long-term seabird monitoring on the Isle of Canna (R. L. Swann & A. D. K. Ramsay).
13: 77-83 Breeding seabirds on the Yell Sound Islands, Shetland (J. A. Fowler, M. Heubeck & R. J. Tulloch).
14: 25-32 Breeding seabirds of Noss, Shetland (N. A. Willcox, M. G. Richardson & C. P. Dore).
14: 199-204 The seabirds of Troup and Pennan Heads 1979-86 (C. S. Lloyd & S. G. North).
15: 21-29 The seabirds of St Kilda, 1987 (M. L. Tasker, P. R. Moore & R. A. Schofield).
15: 119-125 The food of some young seabirds on Fair Isle in 1986-88 (M. P. Harris & N. J. Riddiford).
15: 156-161 Kittiwake attendance patterns during chick rearing on the Isle of May (S. Wanless & M. P. Harris).
16: 106-112 A census of the large inland Common Gull colonies of Grampian (M. L. Tasker, A. Webb & J. M. Matthews).
16: 131-138 The breeding Gulls of Coll, Inner Hebrides 1969-70 to 1989-90 (J. G. Blatchford & J. R. Wright).
16: 200-204 Counts of Seabirds in Easter Ross in 1969-91 (R. L. Swann).
17: 192-204 Changes in breeding numbers of Kittiwakes in Shetland, 1981-1994 (M. Heubeck & R. M. Mellor).
18: 78-87 Seabirds of Handa Island (J. G. Stoneman & N. A. Willcox).
18: 95-100 Yellow-legged Gulls in Scotland (R. W. Forrester).
18: 205-213 Human induced increases of Carrion Crows and gulls on Cairngorm plateaux (A. Watson).
SHORT NOTES
1: 15 Kittiwakes in north Perth
1: 37 Little Gull off East Lothian coast in summer
1: 151, 442 Ivory Gull in Fife
2: 34 Ivory Gulls in Lewis and Shetland
2: 97 Pink-coloured Black-headed Gulls
3: 252 Abnormal nesting behaviour of Eiders and Herring Gulls
5: 175 Bonaparte's Gull in Sutherland
5: 218 Ivory Gull in Shetland
5: 218 Common Gulls using man-made nest sites
5: 218 Black-headed Gulls chasing feeding plovers
5: 384 Common Sandpiper devoured by Common Gull
5: 389 Probable Scandinavian Herring Gull at Aberdeen
6: 43 Sabine's Gull in Ross-shire
6: 173 Ivory Gulls in Shetland and off north Argyll
6: 174 Ross's Gull in Shetland
6: 282 Erythrism in eggs of Herring Gull in Scotland
7: 207 Mole kills Herring Gull
7: 258 Bonaparte's Gull in Fife
7: 314 Sabine's Gull in Ayrshire and Fife
7: 315 Ross's Gull in Shetland
8: 32 White-winged Black Tern in Aberdeenshire
8: 73 Gulls breeding inland in Aberdeenshire
8: 76 Bonaparte's Gull in Sutherland
8: 77 A large movement of Kittiwakes in the Forth
8: 324 Another Kittiwake movement in the Firth of Forth
9: 72 The Flanders Moss Lesser Black-backed Gullery
9: 301 Arctic Terns breeding inland in Caithness
9: 348 Great Black-backed Gull killing Wigeon
9: 381 Laughing Gull in Argyllshire
10: 180 Kittiwake with red legs
10: 275 Ring-billed Gull in Aberdeenshire
10: 276 Kittiwakes with red legs
11: 84 Erythrystic Herring Gull eggs in Caithness
11: 264 Mediterranean Gull holding territory
12: 119 Inland colonies of Lesser Black-backed Gull
12: 258 Franklin's Gull in Ayrshire
13: 89 Mink in a Black-headed Gull colony in the Pentlands
13: 189 Kittiwake movements in the Forth
13: 229 Common Gulls successfully nesting on a roof in Aberdeen
14: 50 Herring Gull attacks on Grey Herons
15: 45 Black-headed Gulls as predators of breeding Sand Martins
17: 59 Behaviour of Herring Gulls feeding on turnips
17: 63 Kumlien's Gull in Shetland - the fourth Scottish record
18: 110 Arctic Skua incubating own egg and Common Gull eggs in Common Gull nest
18: 121 Carrion Crows roosting on ground with Black-headed Gulls
19: 244 Inland Common Gull colonies in north east Scotland
20: 41 Pomarine Skua kleptoparasitising an inland gull roost
LETTERS
4: 584 The "Carrick" gull and others
8: 281 Gulls breeding inland in Stirlingshire
8: 281 Gulls and Arctic Terns breeding inland in Aberdeenshire
17: 107 What is the scale of seabird movement across central Scotland
17: 109 Reply to Henty
18: 190 Yellow-legged Gulls in Scotland
PHOTOS
Little Gull 8: 249
Sabine's Gull 8: 249
Black-headed Gull 4: 163; 5: 36, 386; 6: 99; 7: 85; 13: 17 (7)
Common Gull 4: 159; 5: 387; 7: 249; 18: 213
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3: 415; 6: 263
Herring Gull 4: 495; 7: 193
Yellow-legged Herring Gull
Iceland Gull 6: 374; 8: 431; 13: 80 (14), 318; 14: 287
Kumlien's Gull 17: 64
Glaucous Gull 8: 430; 13: 80 (14), 364
Great Black-backed Gull 3: 414
Ross's Gull 7: 297; 9: 343-345; 14: 110
Kittiwake 6: 161; 7: 249; 11: 16 (1a); 12: 80 (10a); 14: 198; 17: 217
Ivory Gull 2: 31-33; 8: 249
Gull sp. 4: 495

TERNS Sterninae
PAPERS
2: 239-241 Roseate Terns breeding on the mainland of Fife in 1956 (C. K. Mylne).
2: 286-293 Roseate and Sandwich Tern colonies in the Forth and neighbouring areas (G. L. Sandeman).
8: 53-62 Spitzbergen 1972 - ornithological work of the Aberdeen University expedition (A. Anderson, L. Campbell, W. Murray, D. P. Stone, R. L. Swann).
10: 50-53 Gulls and terns nesting inland in north-east Scotland (W. R. P. Bourne, A. J. M. Smith & A. Dowse).
11: 237-253 Seabird populations of Foula (R. W. Furness).
12: 3-11 Seabird movements around western Islay (K. Verrall & W. R. P. Bourne).
13: 77-83 Breeding seabirds on the Yell Sound Islands, Shetland (J. A. Fowler, M. Heubeck & R. J. Tulloch).
13: 172-178 The Current Status and Distribution of Terns in the Outer Hebrides (N. E. Buxton).
14: 25-32 Breeding seabirds of Noss, Shetland (N. A. Willcox, M. G. Richardson & C. P. Dore).
15: 1-8 The recolonisation of the Isle of May by Common and Arctic Terns (S. Wanless).
16: 205-210 Operation Seafarer and Arctic Terns (W. R. P. Bourne & D. Saunders).
18: 78-87 Seabirds of Handa Island (J. G. Stoneman & N. A. Willcox).
SHORT NOTES
1: 16 Late Black Tern in Angus
1: 16 Black Tern in South Uist
1: 16 Black Tern in south Perth
1: 16 Little Tern breeding in Wigtownshire
1: 152 Feeding flight of inland nesting Terns
1: 335 Gull-billed Tern in East Lothian
1: 494 Sandwich terns breeding in Shetland
2: 36 Migrating Terns
3: 258 White-winged Black Tern in Outer Hebrides: a new Scottish bird
3: 313 Arctic Terns breeding in south Fife
4: 373 White-winged Black Tern in Orkney
4: 448 Gull-billed Tern in West Lothian
5: 29 White-winged Black Tern in Outer Hebrides, Shetland, Caithness and Aberdeenshire
5: 284 Gull-billed Tern in East Lothian
5: 390 Caspian Tern on Loch Lomond-a new Scottish bird
6: 44 Behaviour of migrant Black Terns
6: 45 Gull-billed Terns in Stirlingshire
6: 203 White-winged Black Terns in East Lothian, Nairnshire and Inverness-shire
7: 54 Caspian terns in East Lothian
9: 163 White-winged Black Tern at Fair Isle
11: 226 Sandwich Terns in the Firth of Forth in winter
12: 119 Common Tern attacking Little Tern chick
14: 126 Forster's Tern at Musselburgh and Granton, Lothian
14: 235 Probable interbreeding of Roseate and Arctic Terns
18: 111 Roseate Terns return to the Isle of May
20: 111 Recolonisation of the Isle of May by Sandwich Terns during 1999
LETTERS
2: 450 Sandwich and Roseate Terns on the Farne Islands
7: 281 Gulls and Arctic Terns breeding inland in Aberdeenshire
PHOTOS
Sandwich Tern 6: 261
Common Tern 1: 85
Arctic Tern 1: 438; 7: 84; 9: 304; 13: 16 (5), 186 (26)
Forster's Tern 14: 126
Little Tern 7: 84
Black Tern 8: 432

AUKS Alcidae
PAPERS
1: 218-220 Unusual mortality of young Puffins on St Kilda, 1959 (D. Boddington).
4: 340-350 Numbers of Great Skuas and other seabirds of Hermaness, Unst (H. E. M. Dott).
5: 104-107 Arctic auks on the Scottish coast (W. R. P. Bourne).
9: 285-290 Puffins on the Isle of May (M. P. Harris).
10: 247-261 The cliff-breeding seabirds of east Caithness in 1977 (G. P. Mudge).
11: 173-180 Earlier colony attendance by Guillemots and Razorbills (K. Taylor & J. B. Reid).
11: 237-253 Seabird populations of Foula (R. W. Furness).
11: 254-257 Winter colony attendance by auks and the danger of oil pollution (W. R. P. Bourne).
12: 3-11 Seabird movements around western Islay (K. Verrall & W. R. P. Bourne).
12: 11-17 The breeding seasons of British Puffins (M. P. Harris).
12: 174-180 Seabird populations of the Isle of May (M. P. Harris & H. Galbraith).
13: 40-47 Long-term seabird monitoring on the Isle of Canna (R. L. Swann & A. D. K. Ramsay).
13: 77-83 Breeding seabirds on the Yell Sound Islands, Shetland (J. A. Fowler, M. Heubeck & R. J. Tulloch).
14: 25-32 Breeding seabirds of Noss, Shetland (N. A. Willcox, M. G. Richardson & C. P. Dore).
14: 199-204 The seabirds of Troup and Pennan Heads 1979-86 (C. S. Lloyd & S. G. North).
15: 21-29 The seabirds of St Kilda, 1987 (M. L. Tasker, P. R. Moore & R. A. Schofield).
15: 119-125 The food of some young seabirds on Fair Isle in 1986-88 (M. P. Harris & N. J. Riddiford).
15: 151-155 Damage to fish by seabirds in the Moray Firth (J. R. G. Hislop & W. S. MacDonald).
16: 25-28 Maximum dive depths attained by auks feeding young on the Isle of May, Scotland (M. P. Harris, H. Towll, A. F. Russell & S. Wanless).
16: 200-204 Counts of Seabirds in Easter Ross in 1969-91 (R. L. Swann).
18: 78-87 Seabirds of Handa Island (J. G. Stoneman & N. A. Willcox).
SHORT NOTES
2: 199 Little Auk in summer in south-east Sutherland
5: 285 Guillemot calls
5: 285 Brünnich's Guillemot in Shetland
6: 334 Brünnich's Guillemot in Argyllshire
9: 342 Predation of seabirds by Grey Seals (Guillemot)
11: 195 Black Guillemots breeding in the inner Clyde estuary
13: 26 Melanistic Black Guillemot in Shetland
16: 33 Differences in weight: wing length relationships of Razorbill chicks at Hermaness and Fair Isle in 1989
18: 112 Presumed feeding movements of auks offshore from Portnahaven on the southwest coast of Islay
19: 121 Inland nesting by Razorbills
19: 301 Black Guillemot nesting on an operational car ferry
PHOTOS
Guillemot 6: 433; 11: 16 (1b); 11: 188 (22), 258 (30); 12: 188 (21a, b)
Brünnich's Guillemot 5: 272
Razorbill 4: 367; 8: 21
Black Guillemot 11: 189 (23c), 258 (29b)
Puffin 6: 434; 7: 248; 8: 20; 9: 303, 304; 11: 16 (2b); 12: 16 (1, 3); 15: 29

PIGEONS AND SANDGROUSE Columbiformes
SANDGROUSE Pteroclididae
SHORT NOTES
6: 204 Pallas's Sandgrouse in Shetland

DOVES AND PIGEONS Columbidae
PAPERS
1: 480-489 The Collared Dove in Scotland (A. T. Macmillan).
3: 22-25 Rock Doves in Scotland (R. Hewson).
3: 292-301 The Collared Dove in Scotland (A. T. Macmillan).
4: 359-371 The Rock dove in Scotland in 1965 (R. Hewson).
6: 321-329 The breeding season in a rural colony of Feral Pigeons (G. Riddle).
13: 48-51 Notes on the Collared Dove in south-east Sutherland (D. Macdonald).
SHORT NOTES
1: 37 Collared Doves in Morayshire
1: 72 Turtle Doves in Aberdeenshire
1: 125 Collared Doves in Ayrshire
1: 189 Collared Doves in Fife
1: 237 Collared Doves in Perthshire
1: 379 Collared Doves in Rhum and Lewis
2: 199 Collared Doves in Dumfries-shire
2: 247 Collared Doves in Orkney and Easter Ross
2: 309 Collared Doves breeding in Lewis
4: 309 The Collared Dove in Scotland-some first records
4: 374 Some breeding notes on the Collared Dove
10: 55 Rufous Turtle Dove at Fair Isle
11: 120 Status of Collared Dove in Islay
13: 51 Transportation of Mourning Dove nest to Montrose
PHOTOS
Collared Dove 1: 131; 18: 32
Turtle Dove 18: 32

PARROTS AND RELATIVES Psittaciformes
LETTERS
11: 201 Status of Ring-necked Parakeet in Scotland

CUCKOOS Cuculidae
SHORT NOTES
1: 152 Great Spotted Cuckoo in Orkney
6: 335 Yellow-billed Cuckoo in Caithness
12: 162 Cuckoo eating young amphibians

OWLS Strigiformes
BARN OWL Tytonidae & OWLS Strigidae
PAPERS
4: 214 An investigation into the recent decline of the Barn Owl on an Ayrshire estate (D. N. Weir).
5: 245-257 Snowy Owls breeding in Shetland (R. J. Tulloch).
6: 185-191 Kestrels, Short-eared Owls and Field Voles in Eskdalemuir in 1970 (N. Picozzi & R. Hewson).
13: 258-262 Counts of some breeding birds in two recently afforested areas of Kintyre (S. J. Petty).
15: 40-43 The distribution and abundance of the Barn Owl Tyto alba in south-west Scotland (I. R. Taylor, A. Dowell, T. Irving, I. K. Langford & G. Shaw).
17: 187-191 A ten year study of Barn Owl conservation in conifer forests (G. Shaw).
20: 98-110 Persecution of birds of prey in north Scotland 1912-69 as evidenced by taxidermists' stuffing books (H. McGhie).
SHORT NOTES
1: 17 Numerous Long-eared Owls in Aberdeenshire
1: 37 Little Owl nesting in Scotland
1: 38 Short-eared Owl nesting in Morayshire
1: 238 Snowy Owl in Kincardineshire
1: 453 Little owl in Midlothian
1: 453 Tengmalm's Owl in Orkney
2: 36 Barn Owls breeding in south-east Sutherland
2: 99 Snowy Owls in Angus, Aberdeenshire and Banffshire
2: 248 Little Owl in Dumfries-shire
3: 31 Snowy Owls in Aberdeenshire, Banff, Shetland and Orkney
3: 196 Snowy Owl in Midlothian
3: 258 Snowy Owl in Shetland
3: 314 Little Owls in Dumfriesshire
3: 365 Snowy Owl in Angus
3: 417 Scops Owl in Orkney
5: 108 Long-eared and Short-eared Owls' mode of hunting
5: 287 Little Owls nesting in Midlothian
5: 288 Spring and summer food of Tawny Owls in Edinburgh
5: 390 Little Owl in Lanarkshire
6: 175 Crop contents of a Tawny Owl
7: 55 Scops Owl in Orkney
7: 260 Barn Owls nesting close together
8: 78 Barn Owl pellets from Wigtownshire
8: 194 Early nesting Tawny Owls in Aberdeenshire
10: 56 Barn Owl on dead Hedgehog
11: 56 Food of Snowy Owls in Outer Hebrides
11: 166 High incidence of ring recoveries from Long-eared Owl pellets
11: 196 Tawny Owl nesting in abandoned car
14: 167 Unusual behaviour of Barn Owl at nest site
15: 180 Diet of Snowy Owls on Cairn Gorm plateau in 1980 and 1987
PHOTOS
Barn Owl 6: 317; 10: 55 (8a); 13: 220 (31); 17: 216
Snowy Owl 2: 98; 5: 270, 271; 7: 136; 8: 432; 19: 60
Little Owl 13: 321
Tawny Owl 10: 54 (7b)
Long-eared Owl 6: 102; 7: 250; 13: 367
Short-eared Owl 10: 54 (7a)

NIGHTJARS Caprimulgiformes
SHORT NOTES
11: 85 Common Nighthawk in Orkney
PHOTOS
Nightjar 13: 118 (17b)

SWIFTS Apodiformes
SHORT NOTES
3: 418 Alpine Swift in Orkney
4: 310 Alpine Swift in Shetland
5: 390 Alpine Swift in Argyllshire
6: 209 Alpine Swift in Aberdeenshire
14: 257 Little Swift at St Andrews
16: 216 Chimney Swift in St Andrews: a first for Scotland ?
16: 276 Little Swift on Fair Isle: the second Scottish record
20: 27 Swifts nesting in Scots Pines at Abernethy Forest, Strathspey
PHOTOS
Chimney Swift 16: 192
Needle-tailed Swift 13: 382

KINGFISHERS AND ALLIES Coraciiformes
KINGFISHERS Cerylinae & Alcedininae
SHORT NOTES
6: 209 Kingfishers breeding in Easter Ross
8: 32 Pair of Kingfishers rears three broods
13: 54 Kingfisher attacked by Magpie
PHOTOS
Kingfisher 9: 383

BEE-EATERS Meropidae & ROLLERS Coraciidae & HOOPOE Upupidae
SHORT NOTES
1: 38 Hoopoes in north Perth and west Inverness
1: 72 Roller in Shetland
1: 96 Rollers in Orkney
1: 126 Hoopoes in Inverness and Mid-Lothian
1: 153 Bee-eater in Sutherland
1: 190 Roller in Shetland
1: 276 Hoopoes in Perth, Fife, Roxburgh and Arran
1: 427 Hoopoe in Selkirkshire
4: 310 Bee-eaters in Orkney
4: 375 Roller in Orkney
4: 449 Bee-eater in north Sutherland
5: 289 Bee-eater in Ayrshire
5: 391 Roller on Islay
6: 46 Three Bee-eaters in Fair Isle and Shetland
6: 47 Rollers in Aberdeenshire and Kirkcudbrightshire
6: 210 Roller in Caithness
7: 55 Roller in Shetland
PHOTOS
European Bee-eater 7: 134
European Roller 7: 134

WOODPECKERS AND ALLIES Piciformes
PAPERS
6: 154-156 Wrynecks breeding in Scotland (H. Burton, T. Lloyd Evans & D. N. Weir).
SHORT NOTES
1: 39 Wryneck in south-east Sutherland
1: 73 Green Woodpeckers in Lanarkshire
1: 379 Green Woodpecker breeding in Dumfries-shire
1: 454 Green Woodpecker breeding in Lanarkshire
1: 494 Wrynecks in Inverness-shire
3: 418 Wrynecks in Inverness-shire
4: 95 The Green Woodpecker in Clackmannanshire
5: 30 Green Woodpecker breeding in Perthshire
6: 210 Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers in Scotland
9: 262 Weight increases and behaviour of Wrynecks on the Isle of May
9: 348 Behaviour of Wryneck and Great Grey Shrike
PHOTOS
Wryneck 1: 364; 4: 498; 5: 448; 9: 267; 13: 80 (12)