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INDEX 



Monks, medieval and birds, 262- 



271 

 Morrigu and her crows, 165 



Nightingale, myths and legends, 



48, 50 



Number, important in divina- 

 tion, 8, 171 



Nuns of Whitby, 88 



Odin's ravens, 150 



Omens trifled with, 257, 258 



Ornithomancy, origin of, 5 



Osage Indians, bird ancestry, 1 1 



Osprey, legend of, 80 



Ostrich eggs, use of, 54 



Ostrich, errors pertaining to, 54 



Ostrich plumes, symbolism, 153 



Owein's ravens, 162 



Owl, a Baker's daughter, 121 



Owl a monarch's daughter, 183 



Owl, Athenian, 180 



Owl in medieval medicine, 185 



Owl once a singer, 112 



Owl once an Eskimo girl, 233 



Owl saves heroes, 186, 258 



Owls, Christian legends of, 121 



Owls, superstitions about, 181, 



187, 213, 258 

 Oystercatcher, why blessed, 1 1 2 



Palm, associated with phenix, 



198 

 Paradise-birds, 63, 64 

 Peacock feathers, indicate rank, 



144 

 Peacock, feathers, superstitions, 



148 



Peacock, saves Chinese general, 



187 

 Peacocks, legends of, 141-147 

 Pelican, errors pertaining to, 58 

 Pelican, Seri ancestor, 1 1 

 Pelican, symbolism of, 147 

 Pharaoh's chicken, 34 

 Pheasant, Argus, painted, 233 

 Phenix as a Christian symbol, 



196 

 Phenix described, 191 

 Pigeons in church feasts, 125 

 Pigeons of Venice, 125 

 Pigeon shrine near Yarkand, 136 

 Polynesian bird-gods, 19 



Quails, Israelitish legend, 93 

 Quetzal-bird, 39 



Rabbit and Easter eggs, 1 24 

 Rain -birds described, 223 

 Rara avis (swan), 46 

 Raven as culture-hero, 228-234 

 Raven, characteristics of, 134 

 Raven, Dickens's "Grip," 156 

 Raven dresses the birds, 228 

 Raven feeds Elijah, 158 

 Raven feeds hermits, 164 

 Raven flag of Danes, 159 

 Raven, ghostly, 164 

 Raven, Mosaic view of, 1 58 

 Raven, myths concerning, 72, 



105, 248 

 Raven once white, 168, 232 

 Raven, portents by, 169, 173, 



213 

 Raven saves body of St. Vin- 

 cent, 164 

 Raven sent from the Ark, 100 



