INDEX. 



Accentor alpinns, 90 



„ modularis, 88 

 Accentor alpine, 90 

 hedge, 88 

 Accipiter nisus, 24 

 Agelaius phceniceus, 244 

 Alauda alpestris, 171 



„ arborea, 179 



„ arvensis, 175 

 Ahedo ispida, 314 

 Alpine Accentor, 90 

 Alpine Swift, 346 

 Ammer yellow, 196 

 American meadow Starling, 245 

 American mottled Owl, 44 

 Anthus arboreus, 166 



„ obscurns, 169 



„ pratensis, 167 



„ ricardi, 168 



„ rupestris, 171 

 Aqtdla chri/saetus, 4 

 Archibuteo lagopus, 29 

 Ash-coloured Harrier, 35, 39 

 Astur j)alumbarius, 23 



B 



Barbary Partridge, 405 



Barn Owl, 51 



Barr William, jun., hawking near 



Norwich, 15 

 " Battue" shooting, defence of, in 



moderation, 370 

 Bearded Titmouse, 150 

 Bee-eater, 313 



Birdcatchers, practical knowledgeof, 178 

 Birds — all do not pair in summer, 253 



„ attracted in large numbers by 

 any accidental abundance of 

 food, 353 



Birds — deformed bealcs in, 11, 184, 



239, 276 

 „ difficulty of distinguishiugcertain 



notes of, 126 

 „ hens assuming cock's plumage, 



369 

 „ how to recognise by flight or 



other actions, 129 

 „ imitating notes of others, 109, 



128, 147 

 „ instrumental in transporting 



seeds by means of their feet 



and bills, 416 

 „ killed against telegraph wires, 



11, 51, 54, 427 

 „ killed against light-houses, 11, 



43, 135, 178, 198, 200, 251 

 „ large number of eggs laid by 



some, 295 

 „ migration of, observed at sea, 93 

 „ migration of, arrested by strong 



head winds, 137 

 „ perching on telegraph wires, 



337, 342 

 „ plumage of, affected by food 



in confinement, 179, 224, 



231, 234 

 „ plumage of continental examples 



brighter than insular ones, 



222, 234 

 „ protection of rare and orna- 

 mental species desirable, 73, 



152, 233, 300, 315, 381, 



403 

 „ remarkable instinct of some, 



260, 262, 265 

 „ small, migration of, in large 



numbers, 232, 281 

 „ trustworthy as weather-guides, 



92 

 „ used for table, and prices of in 



olden times, 361. 362 



