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INDEX 



Chameleon, problem of the, 

 285-7 



Chanctonbury Ring, 265 



Cheddar valley, 201 



Chepstow, an impression of, 204 



Cloudburst, a, at Wareham, 155 



Clumps. Sec Hill-top groves 



Cobbett, William, goldfinches 

 seen by, 220-1 



Colorin die Fills, El, 226; trans- 

 lation of, 229-32 



Cory, epitaph from Callimachus, 

 236 



Cotton-grass, 196 



Crested screamer, great gather- 

 ings of the, 35 



Crossbills, flock of, 20I 



Crow, carrion, on hill-top grove, 

 and in forest of a millionaire, 

 268 



— hooded, 27, 30; as food, 58; 

 scared by an owl, 60-2; a 

 killer of sick birds, 98; even- 

 ing pastimes of, 299-301 ; teas- 

 ing a wounded goose, 309-10; 

 immigration of, at Wells, 311 



Cuckoo, abundance and habits of 

 in Peak district, 125-6 



Curlew, helping instinct in, 52; 

 love language and an aspect 

 of, 128-9 



Dartford Warbler. See Furze- 

 wren 

 Davies, Sir John, quoted, 209 

 Daw, a friendly, 72 ; at Salisbury 



Cathedral, 182 

 Dewpond, invention of the, 264 

 Dixon, on swallows forsaking 



their young, 295 

 Dogs, 68-9 

 Dotterel, ringed, playful spirit 



of, 303 

 Downs, the, effect of pasturing 



sheep on, 264 

 Drayton, Michael, the Polyolbion 



of, 198-9 

 Duck, white, beauty of the, 



106-8; an English queen's 



sobriquet, 115 

 Dutchman, love of birds of the, 



288 



Echo, a curious, 58-9 

 England, beauty of spring in, 



149-50; first sight of, 150 

 Evolution of Bird-Song, 187 



Fawley, New Forest, a black- 

 bird at, 189-90 



Fieldfares, immigration of, 313 



Forbes, Stanhope, on portrai- 

 ture, 5 



Fowler, W. Warde, on warbling 

 in birds, 134; Marsh warblers, 

 song described by, 209-10 



Fox, a pet, 69 



Friendship in birds, 65 



Furze-wren, 168; elusiveness of, 

 169; girding note of, 171; a 

 colony, 173; song of, 173-6 



Gamekeepers, destructiveness 

 of, 86-90, 277 



Garibaldi, death-bed incident, 10 



Geese, wild, at Wells in Nor- 

 folk, 27-32; intelligent birds, 

 28; great gatherings, 40; cries, 

 284; arrival of, 298; starling's 

 associating with, 306; evening 

 return of the, 310; tameness 

 of, at Holkham, 314 



Geikie, Dr. Cunninghame, 64 



Geochicla, 138 



Glastonbury, excavations and 

 restorations, 185 



Goldcrest in a soldier's hospital, 

 8 



Golden oriole, a breeding haunt 

 of the, 155 



Golden plover, 129 



Goldfinches in Dorset and Som- 

 erset, 219; numbers of, seen 

 by Cobbett, 220-1 ; increase of 

 due to protective laws, 249 



Goose, wild, a wounded, 308-10 



Goshawk, 272 



Gospel Oak at Avington, 259 



Grass, mental efFect of, 103-5 



Green colour of England, 150 



Guanaco, a habit of the, 52 



Guarani legends, 108 



Gulls, blackhcaded, breeding of 

 with terns, 33; lapwings 

 robbed by, 304 



