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Carolina, 8, 26; Indian 

 spotted-billed, 11 ; whistling 

 tree, 182; pink-headed, 183; 

 Muscovy, oil-gland of, 42 ; 

 claws of, 153 ; kept in Zanzi- 

 bar, 241 



Eagle, Indian sea, 143, 233 ; 

 Imperial, teased by caracara, 

 221 



*Egret, large, captured by cara- 

 caras, 86 ; farming for '• os- 

 prey" plumes, 117, 122; 

 cattle-, mistaken for ibis, 

 256 



Emu, 52 



Experiments on sexual selection, 

 3-6; Dr. Hill's on scent in 

 turkeys, 48 ; M. Rogeron's 

 with jackdaw, 49, 50 ; Dar- 

 win's with condor, 51 ; in ac- 

 climatisation, 174-177 



Falcon, peregrine, 85 



Flying-foxes, 260 



snakes, 257 



fish, 237 



Fowls, sexual selection in, 3 ; 

 variation in, 65 ; Japanese, 

 186-190; Dumpies and 

 Courtes Pattes, 187; Malay, 

 in Zanzibar, 187, 241 ; treat- 

 ment in India, 265 



*Friar-birds, 54-56, 65, 66 



Gadwall, hybrids with other 

 ducks, 20 



Gannet, 236 



( iarganey, affection of drake for 

 Mandarin ducks, 30 ; abund- 

 ance in India, 182 



Geese, attachments between 

 different species of, 29 ; as 

 pests in India, 182 ; Egyp- 

 tian, hybridising with ruddy 

 sheldrake, 18, 19 ; magpie, 

 peculiarities of, 77 ; pigmy, 



77 



Gibbon, habits of tame, 283, 

 284 



Goats, in India, 265 



Goldfinch, courtship of, 31 ; 

 acclimatised abroad, 70-76 



*Gold pheasant, hybrid with 

 Amherst, 17; with common 

 pheasant, 17 ; in courtship, 

 27, 28 ; moulting, 77 ; in 

 Japan, 192 ; management of, 

 226, 227 ; ? phcenix, 259 



Gorilla, discovered by Hanno, 

 285 



Grouse, frequency of hybrids 

 among, 13; red, hybrid with 

 blackcock, 13; with bantam 

 fowl, 18 ; sand-, 180 



Guan, hybrid with fowl, 18 



Guinea-fowl, method of fighting, 

 152; terrified by crow - 

 pheasant, 155 ; wild ones 

 tamed, 247 



Gulls, in London, 127 ; scarce 

 in eastern seas, 185 ; black- 

 headed, 127 ; *herring, 127, 

 128, 234; yellow - legged 

 herring, 234, 235 ; brown- 

 headed, 185 ; lesser black- 

 backed, 234, 235 ; Hem- 

 prich's, 236 



