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INDEX 



House- Martin {continued) — 

 and how brought to young, 

 257-259 



ICKLINGHAM, where situated, i, 



3 

 The country about, i, 2, 4 

 Some seven miles from the 

 fenlands, 56 

 Incubation, is instinct of, differ- 

 entiated from parental love? 

 208 

 Instinct, may sometimes have 

 grown out of mere 

 mechanical movements, 

 179-180, 184, 185, 300, 

 301 ; evidence in regard 

 to this, 180, 181 

 Resulting from lapsed intelli- 

 gence, 185 

 "Intimations of immortality," 

 supposed, 10 



Jackdaws, seem conscious of 



their superiority when with 



rooks, 54 

 Decorate their nests, 68 

 Jaguar, theory of protective 



colouring in regard to, 



questioned, 43, 44 



Kestrel flying with peewits, 



127 

 Kissing, origin of, in man pro- 

 bably utilitarian, 21 1-2 13 

 In relation to birds, 211-213 



Landseer, false criticism of, 

 88,89 



Masterpiece of, removed from 

 the National Gallery, 89 

 Larks, various ways of mount- 

 ing and descending of, 

 107, 108 



Individual variety m flight of, 

 108 



Winter ways of, 108, 109 



Larks {co7iiinued) — 



Piping note in winter of, 109 



Song in February of, 109 



Chases a trois of, 109 



Change locality according to 

 season, 1 10 

 Leopard, theory of protective 

 colouring in regard to, 

 questioned, 43, 44 

 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 

 brings collection of in- 

 sects in beak to feed 

 young, 216 

 Lion, theory of protective colour- 

 ing in regard to, ques- 

 tioned, 43 

 Long-tailed Tit, roosting habits 

 of, 6 



Movements of, 16-18; com- 

 pared with those of blue 

 tit, 17, 18 



Aerial forced march of, 17 



Note of, 18 



Nest-building habits of, 198- 

 204 



Origin of dome of nest of, 

 199; and of entrance to, 

 200, 201, 203 



Uniform way of entering and 

 leaving nest of, 200 



Contortionist powers of, 202, 

 204 



Approaches and leaves nest 

 by one set path, 202, 203 



The "sweep" up to nest of, 

 203 



Man, the chief animal in this 

 world only, 295 



Maternal affection, beauty of, 

 214 

 All hail to, 216 



Mellersh, Mr., letter of, to Stan- 

 dard about starlings re- 

 ferred to, 160 



Migration, facts of, marginal 

 reference to, 290 



