INDEX 



Abbreviated names for Jackdaw 

 and Magpie, 127n 



Accentor, Alpine, 76 

 Andalusian Hemipode, 153 

 Association of eggs with the 



birds that lay them, 1 

 Auk, Great, 199 



— Little, 201, 239 

 Avocet, 167 



Bee-eater, 137 

 Bittern, American, 212 



— Common, 211 



— Little, 211 

 Blackbird, 74 



— Moor, 75 

 Blackcap, 86 



Blowing birds' eggs, 19-22 

 Blue-throat, 78 

 Brambling, 111 

 Bullfinch, 117 

 Bunting, Black-headed, 109 



— Cirl, 109 



— Common, 107 



— Little, 107 



— Ortolan, 109 



— Reed, 106 



— Rustic, 107 



— Snow, 105, 233 

 Bustard, (ireat, 159 



— Little, 159 



— Macquecn's, IGO 

 Buzzard, Common, 52 



— Honey, 54 



— Moor or Bald, 6 1 



— Rough -legged, 53 



Capercaillie, 146 



Chaffinch, 110 



Chough, 122 



Classification of eggs, 5 



Classification of birds, 5-7, 31-34 



Coot, 158 



Cormorant, 207 



Courser, Cream-coloured, IGl 



Crake, Baillon's, 156 



— Little, 156 



— Spotted, 155 

 Crane, 159 

 Creeper, 91 

 Crossbill, 119 



— Parrot, 120 



— Two-barred, 120 



— White -winged, 120 

 Crow, Black, 123 



— Grey, 124 

 Cuckoo, 135 



— Great-spotted, 130 



— Yellow-billed, 136 

 Curlew, 181 



— Esquimaux, 183 



— Stone, 160 



Diflferences between Falcons and 

 Vultures, 37 



Differing systems of classifica- 

 tion and arrangement, 24, 

 25 



iJipper, Common, 70 



Diver, Black-throated, 203 



— Great Northern, 203, 230 



— Red -throated, 204 

 Dotterel, 162 



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