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INDEX. 



Duck, Spirit, the Biiffel-headed Duck. 



Shoveler, 493. 



Spoonbill, the Scaup Duck. 



Steller's, 511. 



Tufted, 519. 



Velvet. 512. 



Western, 511. 



White-eyed, the Ferruginous 

 Duck. 



White-faced, the Scaup Duck. 



Wild, 497. 

 Duck Hawk, the Marsh Harrier. 

 Ducker, a popular name for a Grebe 



or Diver. 

 Dulwilly, the Ring Plover. 

 Dunbird, Dunker, and Dunair, the Po- 

 chard. 

 Dun Crow, the Hooded Crow. 

 Dundiver, the female and young of the 



Merganser. 

 Dung Hunter, the Skua. 

 Dunlin, 455. 



Dunnock, the Hedge Sparrow. 

 Dunpickle, the Moor Buzzard. 

 Dunter Goose, the Eider Duck. 

 Dusky Duck, the Eider Duck. 

 Dusky Godwit, the Spotted Redshank. 



Grebe, the young of the Sola- 

 vonian Grebe, 531. 



Lark, the Rock Pipit. 



Petrel, 602. 



Sandpiper, Snipe, or Tatler, 

 the Spotted Redshank. 



Eagle, beaten off by Skuas, 591. 



Cinereous, Sea or White-tailed, 



8. 

 Golden, 4. 



Ring-tailed, the Golden Eagle 

 in the second y ear' s plumage . 

 Spotted, or Rough-footed, 8. 

 Eagle Owl, 43. 

 Ear, curious structure of, in the Owls, 



50. 

 Eared Grebe, 532. 



EarlDuck,theRed-breastedMerganser. 

 Easterling, the Smew. 

 Ebb the Bunting. 

 Ecorcheur, the Shrike, 63. 

 Ectopistes migratorius, 340. 

 Egret, Buflf-coloured, the Squacco 

 Heron, 411. 

 Great, the Great White or 



Yellow-billed Heron, 409. 

 Buff-backed, or Rufous- 

 backed, 410. 

 Little, 410. 

 Egret, a tuft of long narrow feathers 

 found on the lower part of the neck 

 of the Herons ; see page 410. The 

 name is also sometimes extended 

 to the two tufts of feathers, resem- 

 bling ears or horns, in some of the 

 Owls. 

 Egj-ptian Goose, 483. 



Vulture, 3. 

 Eider Duck, 508. 



Elk, the Hooper Swan. 

 p]mber Goose, the Loon. 

 Emberiza Cirlus, 195. 



Citrinella, 191. 



hortulana, 193. 



Miharia, 188. 



Schoeniclus, 189. 

 Emmer or Ember Goose, the Great 



Northern Diver. 

 Emmet Hunter, the Wryneck. 

 Erne, the Eagle. 

 Erythaca Rubecula, 95. 

 European Goatsucker, 288. 

 European or Common Wigeon, 506. 



Falc, or Falk, the Razor-bill, 

 Falco .a^salon, 20. 



Gyrfalco, 13. 

 peregrinus, 15. 

 ruflpes, 22. 

 Subbuteo, 18. 

 Tinnunculus, 22. 

 Falcon, Gyr, 15. 



Peregrine, 15. 

 Red-footed, 22. 

 Falconry, 17, 408. 

 Faller, the Hen Harrier. 

 Fallow Chat, Fallow Finch, Fallow 

 Lunch, or Fallow Smich, the Wheat- 

 ear. 

 Fanny Redtail, the Redstart. 

 Fauvette, the Garden Warbler, also 

 applied to others of the Warblers, 

 129. 

 Feather-poke, i.e. " sack of feathers," 

 the Chiff-chaft', so called from the 

 form and materials of the nest. 

 Felt and Feltyfare, the Fieldfare. 

 Fern Owl, the Nightjar. 

 Ferret-eye, the Spur-winged Goose. 

 Ferruginous Duck, 517. 

 Fiddler, the Common Sandpiper. 

 Field Duck, the Little Bustard. 

 Fieldfare, 76. 

 Field Lark, the Skylark. 

 Fiery Linnet, the Common Linnet. 

 Fire-crested Regulus, or Wren, 145. 

 Fire-tail, the Redstart. 

 Fishing Eagle, or Fish Hawk, the 

 Osprey. 

 Frog, 540. 

 Fishing with Cormorants in England, 



556. 

 Flapper, a young Duck, 

 Flopwing, the Lapwing. 

 Flusher, the Butcher Bird. 

 Flycatcher, Pied, 70. 

 Spotte4, 67, 

 Foolish Guillemot, 541. 

 Foot. The foot of a bird consists of 

 four, never less than three, toes, 

 with their claws, and the joint next 

 above, called the " tarsus." 

 Fork-tailed Kite, 31. 

 Petrel, 603. 

 Fox-goose, 492. 

 Fratercula arctica, 547. 



