Index. 



211 



Harvesters driven from a field by 



Midgets, 2 

 Hawk Kestrel and Blue Tit, 1 1 

 Hawks, Young Merlin, and their 



food, 121 

 Heron's nest made of wire, -17 

 Hissing, Birds possessing capa- 

 bility of, 69 

 Hours at which birds commence 



and leave off singing, 181-2 

 Housebuilders forced to keep 



Midgets at bay by veils, 3 

 Hovering birds of prey, 157 

 Humboldt's boatmen and insects, 2 



Identifying birds by flight, 1).') 

 Individuality of birds, 3o 

 Industrious habits of Starlings. 13 

 Industry of a pair of Redstarts. 



126 

 Insects a topic of conversation, 2 



and Humboldt's boatmen, 2 



as destroyers of agricultural 



produce, 3 



Jackdaws, A pair of easy-going, 

 36 



, A pair of industrious, 37 



Judgment of birds on the wing, 158 



Kernel of Nut and Blue Tits, 10 



and Great Tits, 11 



Kestrel Plawk, A bold, 27 



Kingfisher, Strange nesting ma- 

 terials used by, 66 



Kingfisher's galleries, 65 



Kingfishers, How they catch their 

 prey, 25 



Kite's eggs under flannd, 48 



Kites as London scavengers, 49 



Kites feeding from hands of 



children, 49 

 Kitiiwake, Gentleness of, 128 



Larders of Shrikes, 28 



Lark, ^Mother, feeding her two 



chicks, 116 

 Lodgers, Birds that are, 42 

 London, Seagulls in. 17 



Maize and Blue Tits, 10 



Plan's attempts to fly, 157 



^larsh Warbler a clever mimic, 



195 

 Martin, Sand, How it digs its 



tunnel, 64 

 Martins, Sand, Tunnels of, barred 



up by boys, 65 

 ^lartins, Feeding habits of, 20 

 ^lidgots causing author to abandon 



l)oat, 3 



driving harvesters from a 



field, 2 



forcing house builders to 



wear veils, 3 



^ligration. Local, 165 



^Migratory journeys and flights, 162 



movements of birds, 164 



Mocking Bird, a wonderful m.imic, 

 194 



]Moorhens, Young, swallowed by 

 Ducks, 26 



^losquitoes and Swallows in 

 Venice, 3 



" :Moult, Border," 150 



Moulting as a means of preserva- 

 tion from enemies, 149 



season and its trials, 149 



three times a year, 150 



Moults, Single autumn, 150 

 , Spring and autumn, 150 



