INDEX 



Page 

 213 



58 fE 



'.7 flE 

 135 ff 



105 

 50 



Alpine accentor 



Altitude of birds' flight 



Aristotle on bird migra- 

 tion 



Artists and birds 



Audubon on the North- 

 em shrike 



Auks, British 



Axolotl, Transformation 



of the 120 



Benbecula ... ... 179 



Bible, The, and birds 157 ff 



Birds, Abnormal song of 106 

 as anglers ... ... 55 fi 



Comradeship of ... ii2 



Eggs of 37 ff 



Hunting habits of ... 53 ff 

 Language of ... 88 ff 



Marriage of ... 108 ff 



Mimicry in ... ... 104 



moving under water 48 ff 

 Notes of ... ... 92 fE 



Varying food of ... 23 

 Voices of, at night ... 96 

 Walking habits of ... 45 



Why they sing ... 102 ff 

 Blackbird, Abnormal 



song of ... ... 107 



talking ... ... 105 



Young, feeding young 



starlings ... ... 127 



Bowerbirds, Nests of 35 



Brambling ... ... 204 



Butterfield, E. P., on 



dialect in birds' song 106 



Campbell, J. M. ... 56 



Canadian birds ... 215 ff 



Clarke, Dr. Eagle, on 



Bird Migration ... 67 ff 



Condor, Flight, of ... 58 



Cormorant, Diving 



habits of ... ... 49 



nesting in trees ... 130 



Courting antics of birds 

 Crawfurd, Oswald, on 



speed of birds 

 Crossbill, Mandible of 

 Crow, Hooded 

 Cuckoo singing with 



closed beak 



Page 

 109 



62 



23 

 168 



25 



Dante's allusions to 



birds 148 ff 



Decorative sense in 



birds ... ... ... 34 ff 



Dialect in birds' song 105 

 Dipper, Movements of, 



under water ... 46, 51 



Diver, Great Northern 169 



Divers, Habits of ... 49 



Dome-builders ... 27 



Eggs, Departure from 



type in ... ... 41 



Diversity in shape of 39 



Size of ... ... 41 



Erythrism in eggs of 



birds ... ... 42 



Fabulous birds ... 164 

 Fair Island, Observa- 

 tions at 73, 181 

 Feathers, growth of ... 15 

 Fieldfare ... ... 191 



Field-mouse, Long- 

 tailed, nest of ... 35 

 Finn, Frank, on Bird 



Behaviour ... 105 



Flamingo, Feeding 



method of ... 24 



Flight of birds in pairing 



season ... ... 45 



Flycatcher, Pied ... 195 



Foula, Bird life in ... 171 



Gabriel Hounds ... 98 



Gatke, Herr, Views of, 



on migration ... 59 



