INDEX 



289 



Fairies traced to Morrigu, 165 

 Falcon, symbolism of, 1 50 

 Feng-whang. See Fung-whang. 

 Fish-hawk, legend of, 80 

 France, popular emblem of, 41- 



46 

 Franklin compares eagle and 



turkey, 37 

 Fung-whang, Chinese myth, 207 



Garuda, Hindoo myth, 206 

 Gaul, name explained, 41 

 Genghis Khan saved by owl, 



186 

 Ghost Dance explained, 177 

 Goatsuckers, cries of dreaded, 6, 



15 



Goldfinch, Christian legend of, 



113 

 Goose and golden eggs, 66 

 Goose-bone fable, 222 

 Goose, golden Capitoline, 255 

 Goose growing on trees, 64 

 Goose in Buddhist myth, 67 

 Grebe, legend of, 240 

 Green fowl, Mohammedan, 1 5 

 Grouse, marks on ruffed, 238 

 Guan, legend of, 107 

 Guatemala, emblem of, 39 

 Guillemots, origin of, 237 

 Gulls offend Giant, 234 



Hair, superstitions about, 9 

 Halcyon days, meaning of, 22 

 Harpies, Sirens, etc., 193 

 Hibernation of birds, 89 

 Ho-ho, Japanese myth, 208 

 Hoopoe, legends of, 153, 250, 261 

 Hornbill, superstitions about, 16 



Hummingbird, hibernation of, 



90 

 Hummingbird, riding a crane, 81 

 Hummingbird, voice lost, 241 



Indian poetic story, 275-279 



Jackdaw of Rheims, 157 

 Jay, Canada, gives warning, 4 

 Jumbie-bird, Ani, or Black 

 Witch, 189 



Kamar, Persian myth, 206 

 Karshipta, Persian myth, 206 

 King, choice of by birds, 82, 206 

 Kingbird, riding a hawk, 81 

 Kingfisher, halcyon myth, 20, 



234-239 

 Kingfisher, sent from the Ark, 



102 

 Kiskadee, legend of, 239 

 Kite, Egyptian legend of, 151 



Lapwing and Covenanters, 256 

 Lark, Laverock, funereal, 115 

 Legend, definition of, 254 

 Lightning attributed to birds, 



243-253 

 Loon, origin of its cry, 279 

 Lucky birds, 25 



Macaw as fire-bird, 41 

 Magpie, portents by, 171 

 Mexico, national emblem, 38 

 Migrating birds carried by oth- 

 ers, 81-88 

 Migration to the moon, 91 

 Moccasin flower legend, 6 



