BIRD NOTES. 15 



Barrow's Golden-eyed Duck. See Bucephala islandica. 



Bay -breasted Warbler. See Dendrcuca castanea. 



Beach Bird. Ljcal name on the New Jersey coast for Charadrius fuhus 



virt/iuicus. 



BeU's Yii'oo. See Vireo Bellii. 



Belted Kiu^slier, See Ceryle alcyon. 



Bewick's Wreu, See Thryothorus bewickii. 



B'rds iu general, i., 1, 7— Birds walking under water, quoting from 

 '* Laud and Walcr." i , 7, 101 — " Sagacity of birds" in returning to 

 their homes and in making nests, from the Spectator, i., 7, 103 — 

 "The Balance of Nature," copied from Chambers' Journal, cldhning 

 that we are worse off by killing off birds of prey, as they serve to 

 kill the weak and sickly birds, and claiming that the grouse disease is 

 worse the years thit hawks and owls are scarce, drawing the infer- 

 ence that we should leave everything to natui(\ which has established 

 the right balance. J., 7, 102 — ''Flight of Birds," quoting from Ifa- 

 ture, an article by Mr. Hubert Airy — Editors, i., 9, 134 — "Gluttony 

 of Bird:-," quoting from a letter to the London Times, interesting ob- 

 servations on the number of times different species of birds feed their 

 young and the immense quantities of insect food they eat. i , 10, 149 

 —"Birds Walking Under Water," by Dr. Elliott Cones, i., 10, lo3— 

 "Early M'tins," giving some observations by M. Dureau de la Mille, 

 of the Academy of Science of Paris, on diff'Teut birds in wakiug m 

 the morning, by which the sparrow (our English sparrow — Faitser 

 domeA^/cws) is found to be the laziest of them all. i., 13, 2.lw — "Re- 

 searches After the Birds of Paradise," account of Si.t;ii..r Jj'Alhertis' 

 travels into the interior of New Guinea after birds of this magnificent 

 family— Editors, i., 14, 217— "How to Sinff Birds," by J. H. Batt)-, 

 giving the elements of taxidermy, i., 17, 258 — Loons under water — ■ 

 that they use their wings the same as in tjymg. i., 19, 294 — " Flight 

 . of Birds," quotations from an article by Prof. Ltj C oule, in Nature. 

 i., 20, 312 — "The Migration of Birds and the Telegraph," quoting an 

 article from La C'hasse Illustree, that air currents have mu( h to do 

 with the migration of birds, i , 22, 344 — " The Viennese Exiiibitioa 

 and the Birds," giving the resolutiitns adopted by the Bird Congress 

 for the preservation of birds — Editors, i., 24, S72— An article on 

 mounting same, by J. H. Batty, ii., 17, 264 — "Ta<^ Introduction of 

 Singing Birds into the Country," by the Cinciuaali S >ciety of Accli- 

 mation ; set at liberty in the spring of 1873, and several built nests in 

 the vicinity of Cincinnati. The birds are red-hTcasled robin?, wag- 

 tails, skylarks, starlings, dunnocks, singing tlirusliep, blackbirds, red- 

 wings, nightingales, also goldfinchep, great titn, Duich tits, dippers, 

 Hungarian thrushe.^, bullfinches, chf-rry birds, Ne^lel thrusties, corn- 

 crakes and crossbills, ii., 21, 329— That their eggs can be sent loig 

 distances ; if fresh and properly packed some may be hatched out, 

 as some sent from Bombay to England hatched 2) percent, iii., 2, 

 21 — "Let the Birds Live," if only as a recompense for the good they 

 do in the gardens; gives some account of the msicts a single pair of 

 birds will destroy in a day— "OUipod Quill." iii., 4, 53— Speaking 

 about the habit of shooting birds for taking a few clierries as foolish, 

 tor they repay the gardener a thousand times over by destroying the 

 insects, iii , 6, 85 — In order to have eggs remain good that are sent 

 long distanceti, pack them in sal', or moss, with the small end down; 

 turn the box on its side every ouier day. iii., 10, 148 — Birds are the 

 Friends and Co-laborers of the Gardener," a plea of tiie g i.rdener not 

 to destroy them— "Ollipod Quill." iii., 12, 180— "'I ue Original 

 Cause or Caubcs of the Migra'ion of Birds," an extract from Natttre; 

 principal cause in the fall, scarcity of food ; in the spring, desire to 

 visit their breeding places, or places of birth, iii., 12, 181 — " Birds, 

 extract from the Daily Telegraph, of the poet Runeberg's theory oa 



