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Our Bird Friexds. 



Feathers and the materials of which 

 they are composed, 139 



and their aftershafts, Hi 



and the parts upon which they 



gTOW, Hi 



, Colour and strength of, 142 



flight, in birds' wings, 153 



found in a Tit's ne-st, 6-i 



, How Nature manages the 



shedding of, 151 

 , how they grow on a bird's 



body, 148 



of a Curlew, 142 



of birds that fly a great deal 



and those that fly very little, 



147 

 of noiseless flyers, 148 



of Pijjeons, 148 



on a Gannet's breast, 14 4 



on a Heron's breast, 14o 



, Peculiarities of first coats of, 



141 



, Preservative qualities of, 152 



used for climbing trees, 147 



Feeding habits of birds, 1-31 



of Flyc.itchers, 20 



of Gannets, 25 



of Hedge Spanow, 13 



of Kingfishers, 25 



of Lesser Blaek-baeked 



Gull, 19 



of Martins, 20 



of Swallows, 20 



of Swifts, 20 



of Terns, 25 



of Thrushes, 21 



of ^Voodpeckers, 2 1 



Seagulls on the Thames Em- 

 bankment, 17 

 Fish, How caught by Owls, 28 

 Flight, A wonderful performance, 



138 

 , Modes of, 153 



Flight of birds and distribution of 

 plants, 105 



Flycatchers, Feeding habits of, 

 20 



Flycatcher, Spotted. Strange ma- 

 terials in nest of, 3o 



Flying in Dreamland. 137 



Food dyed for birds. 1 5 



for chicks. 113 



which Starlings love, 13 



Foolishness of Pooks. 15 



France. Birds in, 4 



Fruits. Wild, and birds, 4 



Gannet, A dishonest, 40 

 Gannets and their language. 198 



, How the Orcadians used to 



kill them, 25 



, How they catch prey, 25 



washed ashore for want of a 



breeze, 157 



, Young, and how they are fed, 



122 

 German birdcatehers. Cruelty of, 



177 

 Good done by birds, 4 

 Greek and Egyptian ideas as to 

 the migr.ition of small birds 

 across the Mediterranean, 105 

 Gieentinfhes and Great Tits, 6 



and sunflower heads, 6 



Growth of chicks living in nests, 



100 

 Grubs, Injurious, and Pooks, 4 

 Gull, Black Headed, Origin of 



name of, 18 

 , Lesser Blac'.c-Backed, Feed- 

 ing habits of, 19 

 Gulls, How they open shellfish, 23 



Harm done by birds, 4 

 Harmonisiition of colour and its 

 value to chicks, 93 



