INDEX 



251 



IMITATION, 4, 159-229 



and heredity, 162 



filial, 160 



in blackbird, 224 



in bullfinch, 172 



in canaries, 163, 172 



in captive birds, 162 



in catbird (Am. ), 165 

 in chaffinch, 225 



in crows, 163 



in dog, 160 



in finches, 169 



in fish, 161 



influence of, 159 



in foreign birds, 174 



in goldcrest, 222 



in goldfinch, 171 



in green bulbul (India), 175 



in greenfinch, 169, 172 



in hawfinch, 172 



in house-sparrow, 169 



in hybrid finches, 172 



in jay, 164, 165 



in linnet, 170, 172 



in marsh- war bier, 220 



in menuras (Australia), 174, 175 



in minah (India), 175 



in mistle-thrush, 165 



in mocking-bird (Am.), 165 



in nightingale, 218 



in nutcracker, 164 



in nuthatch, 223 



in redstart, 192, 218 



in reed-bunting, 223 



in reed-warbler, 221 



in robin, 195, 206-208 



in sedge-warbler, 197, 214 



in shrikes, 173, 174 



in skylark, 196, 208 



in starling, 196, 211, 233 



in stonechat, 224 



in thrush, 194, 200 



in thrushes, 165 



in warblers, 167 



in wheatear, 168, 222 



in whinchat, 168 



in whitethroats, 223 



observations on, 175-181 



of birds, 190 



of elements, 181 



Imitation of insects, 186 



of quadrupeds, 187 



survivals of, 227 

 Indigo bird (Am.), 122 

 Instrumental music, 143 

 Introduction, i 



JACKAL buzzard (S. Af. ), 188 

 Jackdaw, 55, 93 



KESTREL, 49, 53, 79 

 Kingbird (Am. ), 37 

 Kingfisher, 155 



LABORIOUS birds, 79 



Landrail, 189 



Lapland finch, 132 



Lapwing, 87, 89 



Lark, mimicry of, 196, 208 



music of, 245 

 Larks and pipits, 118 

 Leisure, necessary, 77 

 Lesser spotted woodpecker, 50 

 Linnet, 68, 83, 152, 170, 172 



MARSH-TIT, 42 



Marsh-warbler, 220 



Menuras (Australia), 69, 174, 175 



Minah (India), 175 



Mistle-thrush, 64, 95, 96, no, 165 



Mocking-bird (Am.), 165 



Music, antiquity of, 232 



of American robin, 238 



of bird-song, 230 



of blackbird, 241 



of blackbird's alarm, 236 



of blackcap, 237 



of chaffinch, 235 



of coal titmouse, 235 



of cock-crows, 234 



of hedge-sparrow, 236 



of mistle-thrush, 237 



of robin, 235 



of skylark, 238, 245 



of starling and parrot, 233 



of streams, 184 



of thrush, 231, 244 



pitch not noticed, 233 



