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INDEX 



Chickens used in augury, 216, 



223 

 Chimney swift, Josselyn's ac- 

 count of, 62 

 Chouans, named from owl's cry, 



187 

 Cinamros, Persian myth, 205 

 Cock, alectorius of, 96 

 Cock, as Gaulish emblem, 44 

 Cock, barnyard, a sun-bird, 218 

 Cock, Christian legends of, 109, 



151 



Cock, stoned on Shrove Tues- 

 day, 123 



Cormorants, legends of, 228, 231 



Cranes carry away girl, 237 



Crane's foot, origin, 170 



Cranes transport small birds, 



^3 

 Cranes war with Pygmies, 94 

 Crocodile -bird, legend of, 60 

 Crossbill, Christian legend of, 



113 

 Crow, Chinese three-legged, 172 

 Crow, formerly white, 233 

 Crow, hooded, dread of, 165 

 Crow in Ghost Dance, 176 

 Crow, omens from, 213 

 Crows'-feet at eyes, 170 

 Crows visit the Devil, 166 

 Cuckoos as rain-prophets, 223 

 Cupid of the Gaels, 3 

 Curassow, legend of, 170 



David beguiled by a pigeon, 259 

 Deluges, birds connected with, 



98-108 

 Demonic birds, 52, 205 

 Devil's birds, 166 



Direction, element in divina- 

 tion, 8, 175, 213 

 Divination by birds, 212-217; 



trifled with, 257, 258 

 Dove and the Holy Grail, 137 

 Dove as bird of peace, 140 

 Dove, Christian legends of, 113, 



i39 

 Dove guides Cortez's ship, 138 

 Dove instructs Pope Gregory, 



133 

 Dove of St. Remi, 133, 137 

 Dove, revered in Islam, 135 

 Dove saves Genghis Khan, 141 

 Dove sent from the Ark, 101 

 Dove, symbol of Holy Ghost, 



133, 134, 138 

 Dove, symbol of Ishtar, 127-132 

 Doves at Dodona, 130 

 Doves in Jewish sacrifice, 140 

 Doves in Solomonic legends, 259 

 Doves, prophetic, 5-9 



Eagle, doubleheaded, 29, 33, 52 

 Eagle, emblem of St. John, 149 

 Eagle, golden, or war, 24, 35 

 Eagle, imperial, 30 

 Eagle-lecterns, origin of, 149 

 Eagle, legends of, 97 

 Eagle, Mexican harpy, 38 

 Eagle, myths about, 68, 73, 76 

 Eagle of Lagash, 28 

 Eagles, omens from, 213 

 Eagle-stone, or aetites, 96 

 Easter eggs, customs explained, 



124 

 Eggs in mosques and churches, 



54 

 Eskimo bird-tales, 273, 274 



