326 INDEX 



Dabchicks {continued) — 



Discovery made in regard to, 



313 

 " Chook-a, chook-a," note of, 



314 

 Moorhen's nest used by, to 

 sit in with chicks, 314- 

 318 ; probable origin of 

 this habit, 319 



Darwin, views of, as to origin of 

 music, 10, II ; ignored by 

 the late Mr. F. W. H. 

 Myers, 10 

 Attributes colours of tiger, 

 leopard, jaguar, &c., to 

 sexual selection, 44, 45 



" Laudetur et alget" 45 



Fenlands, charm of the, 3 



Fieldfare, scolding of, 4 



Firs, planted near Icklingham 



fifty years ago, 4 

 Frank Buckland, his brown 



paper parcel, 85 

 His half-part edition of 



White's " Selborne," 85 



Gilbert White on House- 

 Martins, 243, 249, 251, 252 ; 

 unfair treatment of, 259, 260 



Great Crested Grebe, consum- 

 mates nuptial rite on the 

 nest, 68 



Great Tit, movements of, com- 

 pared to those of long- 

 tailed tit, 17 



Green Woodpecker, nest of, 

 often seized by the starling, 

 129 ; is not much the worse 

 for this, 130, 131 ; possible 

 result of such deprivation, 



131, 132 

 Feeds on ants, 31 

 Ants, how procured by, 219, 



230 

 Young of, fed by regurgitation, 



31, 217, 218 



Green Woodpecker {conid.) — 



Does not bring insects in beak 

 to young, 216, 217 



Almost wholly an ant eater, 

 218-221 



Contents of excrements of, 

 220, 221 



Almost as salient an instance 

 of changed habits as 

 Darwin's La Plata wood- 

 pecker, 220 



Ant diet of, related to regur- 

 gitation of food in feeding 

 young, 221 



Must mate for life, 221 



Conjugal habits in winter, 221, 

 222 



Tail not required as support, 

 222 



A fighter, though the con- 

 trary has been stated, 223 



Spring tide activities of, ac- 

 count of, 224-238 



Hostile demonstrations of, 

 225 



Its method of fighting, 226- 

 230, 233, 237 



Fighting actions of, have 

 become stereotyped, 227- 

 230 



Sexual relations of, 233, 234, 

 236, 237 



Divergence of habits of, from 

 those of the family, 236, 



237 

 Ant-eating habits of, 236, 



237 

 How does it roost ? 237 



Hatherley steps make good 



observatory for watching 



birds, 306, 307 

 Heart of man, Chinese proverb 



in regard to, 286 

 Hedge-Sparrow, steals building 



material from blackbird's 



nest, 205 



