INDEX 



ANATIOiB (the duck family), in- 

 stances of intelligence in the, 32 



Argentine ornithology, 52 



Athelney, lake of, 198 



Avalon, 185 



Aviculture, 97 



Avington in Hampshire, last 

 ravens at, 258 



Axe Edge, source of rivers Wye, 

 Goyt, Dane, and Dove, 119; 

 dreary farms, 120; sheep and 

 cows on, 120-1 ; character of 

 inhabitants, 121-2; signs of 

 spring, 12^-3; bird life, 120^-31. 



Badbury Rings, pine grove and 



earthworks, 266. 

 Bicycle, soundlcssncss of, 152 

 Birds, books on, 2-3, 5 ; discov- 

 erers of, 3; delight in, 6-10; 

 great gatherings of, 32; de- 

 struction of, 37', helping in- 

 stinct in, 51-2, 76-80; friendly 

 spirit in, 61-4, 65-6, 70-6; ab- 

 sence of large, in Peak dis- 

 trict, 129; in great woods and 

 forests in England generally, 

 278-82; music of, 140; charm 

 of, 213 ; omens, 242 ; window 

 panes struck by, 244; beauty 



of soaring, 281; pleasures of 

 watching, 212-3, 301 ; social 

 disposition in, 79 

 Bittern, little, beauty of eggs, 197 

 Blackbird, a pheasant's friend, 

 62-3; the one and only, 132; 

 capturing a young, 135-6; a 

 widely distributed type, 138; 

 carlv morning singing of, 148; 

 nest of in a London park, 160; 

 human-like music, 186; C. A. 

 Johns on song of, 186-7; C 

 A. Witchcll's records of songs, 

 187-8; genius in a, 189-90; 

 character of song, 190-1 ; in 

 poetic literature, 191-2; in 

 early Irish poetry, 151. 

 Blandford, 155 

 Blind man, meeting a, 152-3 

 BuUeid, Dr., lake village dis- 

 covered by, 195 

 Bullfinch, affectionate temper of, 



74 

 Bulrushes, sound of wind in, 197 

 Buxton, an impression of, 119- 



20 



Cardinal, a caged, 12 

 Ccrne and Cerne Abbas, 217 

 Chafi&nch, singing of a, 146-7 



315 



