INDEX 



Anatid^e (the duck family), in- 

 stances of intelligence in the, 



32 



Argentine Ornithology, 53 



Athelney, lake of, 194 



Avalon, 182 



Aviculture, 97 



Avington in Hampshire, last 

 ravens at, 253 



Axe Edge, source of rivers Wye, 

 Goyt, Dane, and Dove, 119; 

 dreary farms, 119; bird life, 

 119, 12 5- 131; sheep and cows 

 on, 120-121; character of in- 

 habitants, 121; signs of spring, 

 122 



Badbury Rings, pine grove and 



earthworks, 259 

 Bicycle, soundlessness of, 151 

 Birds, books on, 2, 5; dis- 

 coverers of, 3; delight in, 

 6-10; great gatherings of, 

 31; destruction of, 36; help- 

 ing instinct in, 51-52, 76-79; 

 friendly spirit in, 62-64, 66, 

 70-76; social disposition in, 

 80 ; absence of large, in 

 Peak district, 129; in great 

 woods and forests in Eng- 

 land generally, 272-276; music 

 of, 1 39 ; pleasures of watching, 

 208-209, 2 95; charm of, 209; 

 omens, 237; window-panes 

 struck by, 238; beauty of 

 soaring, 275 



Bittern, little, beauty of eggs, 

 194 



Blackbird, a pheasant's friend, 

 61-63 ; the one and only, 132 ; 

 capturing a young, 135; a 

 widely distributed type, 138; 

 early morning singing of, 

 147; nest of, in a London 

 park, 159; human-like music, 

 183; C. A. Johns on song of, 

 183; C. A. Witchell's re- 

 cords of songs, 184; genius 

 in a, 186; character of song, 

 187; in poetic literature, 188; 

 in early Irish poetry, 188 



Blandford, 154 



Blind man, meeting a, 151 



Bulleid, Dr., lake village dis- 

 covered by, 192 



Bullfinch, affectionate temper 



of, 73 

 Bulrushes, sound of wind in, 193 

 Buxton, an impression of, 119 



Cardinal, a caged, 12 

 Cerne and Cerne Abbas, 212 

 Chaffinch, singing of a, 145 

 Chameleon, problem of the, 



279-281 

 Chanctonbury Ring, 259 

 Cheddar valley, 197 

 Chepstow, an impression of, 200 

 Cloud-burst, a, at Wareham 154 

 Clumps. See Hill-top groves 

 Cobbett, William, goldfinches 



seen by, 215 



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