INDEX 



Animals, figures of, in heraldry 

 may come down from savage 

 times, I02 ; teach meaning of our 

 high terminology, no; word 

 "love" properly used in con- 

 nection with, IIO; gregarious, 

 thought-transference more likely 

 in, 222 ; careful observation of, 

 advisable, 223 ; slaughter of, 224 



Authority, no attention to be paid 

 to, 248 



Barn-owl, must wait a little, 



.336 

 Birds, great range of vision of most, 

 etc., 24, 25 ; aerial fighting of, 

 sometimes deceptive, 35 ; nesting 

 habits of, must follow general 

 habits, 48 ; will vary habits 

 suddenly, 48. Instinct of feign- 

 ing injury possessed by some, 59 ; 

 suggested origin of, 63, 64. 

 Pugnacity of, mingled with 

 timidity, 74, 75, 76 ; nervous 

 or frenzied movements as aids to 

 courage in, and leading to sexual 

 display of plumage by, 76, 77, 

 78, 79 ; association of three, 82, 

 ^3) ^5' 9° > sexual feelings of, 

 not always quite dormant in 

 winter, 86, 87, 89 ; sportings of, 

 may be selected, 89 ; fighting of, 

 tendency to become formal, 109 ; 

 frequent difficulty in distinguish- 

 ing male and female of, 112; 

 slaughter of, each year, and con- 

 sequent retardation of knowledge 

 as to, 126 ; power of ejecting 

 excrement to distance possessed 

 by some, and suggested signific- 

 ance of this, 131, 132; can "bring 

 all heaven before our eyes," 143 ; 

 female not always coy in court- 

 ship, 146 ; wings of, when opened 



in diving show feet are little used, 

 148; powerofflight in aquatic, how 

 lost or retained, 151, 152; webbed 

 foot of aquatic, how obtained, 160, 

 161 ; possible relation between 

 opening bill and colour of gular 

 region, 170; sea, disparity in 

 time of laying of, 183; watching of 

 at straw-stack, 199 e/i^^^. Attempt 

 to catch at, 200, 201 ; feeding at, 

 204 ; sudden simultaneous flights 

 of small, from, and discussion of, 

 201, 210, 211, 212, 213, 216, 

 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 

 223 ; fighting of small, at, 208. 

 Self-reliance of, 208, 225 ; most 

 timid may be least liable to 

 change, 226 ; wariness combined 

 with boldness in, 226 ; various, 

 behaving like tree-creepers, 236 ; 

 origin of some strange actions of 

 foreign, possibly to be traced in 

 our own, 256 ; song of, founded 

 on call, etc., notes in analogy 

 with plumage, 310, 311 ; corre- 

 spondence between call, etc., 

 notes and song of, 312 ; matri- 

 monial teachings of, conveyed 

 delicately, 328 ; more knowledge 

 of, gained by watching one than 

 by killing or robbing thousands, 

 332 ; killing of, silly as well as 

 brutal, 336 ; total destruction of, 

 approaching, 336 ; hatred of de- 

 struction of, might extend to man, 

 336 

 Blackbird, chariness of fighting 

 sometimes shown by male, 76 ; 

 pugnacity of hen, 76 ; at straw- 

 stack, 199-204 ; hen fighting 

 with starling, 204 ; a charming 

 nest-builder, 301 ; nest-building 

 of, described, 301, 302, 303, 

 304. Nest plastered with mud, 



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