INDEX 



305 



Man, from the birds' point of view, 

 37 ; the robin's pleasure in his com- 

 pany, 48 



Maxwell, Sir Herbert, on the "cursed 

 collector," 16i* 



Medum, representation of geese at, 

 203 



Memory of things seen, 18 ; of things 

 heard, 18 



Montagu's Dictionary of Birds, ac- 

 count ot the jay in, 95 



Mivart, St George, on dead birds, 

 270 



N 



Naturalist, the old and new, 294 

 Nature, modern sense of the unity of, 



294 

 Newman on the Dartford warbler, 



226 

 Nightingale, quality of its voice, 128. 

 Nothur a maculosa, the "partridge" 



of Argentina, 252 







Ossian's address to the sun, 148 

 Owl, wood, hooting of the, 178 ; 



superstitions regarding the, 181 ; 



a pet, 184 

 Owls, in a village, 173 



Parrot, caged and free, 249 ; the St 

 Vincent, 250, 254 ; history of a 

 double-fronted amazon, 256 ; a lost 

 language talked by a, 258 ; lon- 

 gevity of the, 261 ; tales and legends 

 of the, 264-268 



Partridges and rabbits, 45 



Patti, Carlota, bird-like voice of, 

 128 



Peregrine falcon, fight with raven, 

 167 



Peterborough, the great Lord, and a 

 canary, 263 



Pheasant and chicks, 52 



Pigeon family, the, original notes of, 

 88 



Pigs in the New Forest, 81. 



U 



Quixote, Don, as to tradition of King 

 Arthur, 165 



R 



Rabbits, how regarded by partridges, 



45 



Ravens, in Somerset, 160 ; aereal feat 

 of, 161 ; decrease and disappear- 

 ance of, 169-170 ; superstitious fear 

 of killing, 165; last, 170; tapping 

 at lighted windows, 170 



Raven tree, a, 169 



Red, in flowers, human associations 

 of, 141-145 



Redbreast, tameness of the, 48 



Reed warbler, the, in Somerset, 

 190-191 



Ruskin, "word painting," 72; on 

 cathedral daws, 73 ; on the dis- 

 tinction of beauty, 238 



Saintbury, village of, 176 ; owl super- 

 stitions at, 180 



St Vincent parrot, 250 ; anecdote of, 

 254 



Savernake Forest, early spring in, 

 76 ; daws in, 90 ; jays in, 94 



Sea-birds, protection of, 240, 242 



Seebohm, on the wood wren, 105 ; on 

 the willow wren, 117 ; on jay as- 

 semblies, 95 



Selborne, a first sight of, 284 ; changes 

 in its bird population. 293 



Sheep, tended by birds, 39 ; quarrel 

 of a spur-winged lapwing with, 44 



Sheldrake in Somerset, 191 ; tame 

 and wild, 193 ; appearance when 

 flying, 193 ; singular breeding 

 habits, 194-195 



Sigerson, Miss Dora (Mrs Shorter) 

 in "Flight of the Wild Geese," 

 213 



Skylark, song, 116 



Somerset, daws in, 59 ; ravens in, 

 160 ; red warbler in, 190 



Sound-images, their durability, 18, 

 21 



