INDEX. 



Accidents to birds of prey, 30 

 to birds whilst nest-building, 



oO 

 Agricultur.il produce destroyed by 



insects, 3 

 Alarm notes that are not always 



heeded, 203 

 Angling- for birds, 20 

 Anvil, A thrush's, 23 



Battle, A desperate, between a pair 



of gannets, 42 

 Trills of birds and their uses, 19 

 liird language and tlanger, 197 

 l>ird notes that resemble cats mew- 

 ing, snakes hissing, etc., 202 

 Birdless land, The gloom of a, 168 

 liirds adapting themselves to cir- 

 cumstances, 34 



and biscuits, 11 



and food, Experiments with, 



15 



and hard weitlicr, G 



and wild fruits, 4 



, Angling for, 20 



as foster parents, 89 



, Baby language of, 173 



■, Behaviour of male parent, 112 



, Bills of, and their uses, 19 



, parent, Curious behaviour of, 



at nest, 117 



Birds, Feeding habits of, 1-31 



, How they alight, 158 



, How they benefit man, 1-4 



, How they do harm, 4 



, How they help four-footed 



animals, 25 



, How they open shellfish, 23 



, Ideas of town-bred, 15 



in France, 4 



, Male, that sit on nests, 113 



, Morals and privations of' 



17 



, Restaurant for, 6 



, .Strange freaks of, 88 



that are unable to fly during 



the moulting season, 152 

 that warble while brooding, 



70 

 build new nests on old 



ones, 51 

 cannot leave well alone, 



7G 

 carry their young about, 



111 

 copy each other's notes, 



192-96 

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leaving the nest, 70 



• defend their chicks, 103 



dig tunnels, 64 



fly for pleasure, 157 



had their tongues split 



