INDEX 



331 



Nightjar {continued^ — 



Returns, each year, to same 



locality, 50 

 Has favourite trees and 



branches, 50 

 Does not always nest in same 

 spot, 50 

 Nuptial antics, suggested origin 

 of, 180, 181 



Optimists, as reasoners, 231 

 Ostrich, nesting habits of, as 

 described by Mr. Cron- 

 wright Schreiner, 176-178 ; 

 suggestions as to the mean- 

 ing and origin of these, i ']']- 

 179 

 Rolling of, in courtship, 178 

 Two kinds of, 178 

 Ornithologists, works of seem 

 written to assist bird-nesters, 

 210 



Parasitic instinct, in birds, 



possible origin of, 132 

 Parental ruses, suggested origin 



of, 180, 181 

 Partridges, curious chasings of 

 one another of, 188- 191 ; 

 nature and suggested ex- 

 planation of, 189-192 

 Peewits, repair to fens towards 

 end of October for the 

 winter, 3, 116 

 Return in February, 116 

 Appearance, &c., of, 117 

 Their way of bathing, 117, 



118 ; and of feeding, 119 

 Chased by missel-thrush, 124 

 Rolling and other strange 

 sexual antics of, 163- 

 166, 174, 175 ; nature of 

 such movements, 167, 168, 

 171-173 ; theory founded 

 upon them as to origin of 

 nest - building amongst 

 birds, 166-184 



Peewits {continued) — 



"False nests" of, 166-168 ; 

 not essentially differing from 

 the real nest, 168 

 " Pesses^^ formerly used in 



Icklingham church, 56 

 Pheasant, at roosting time, 5 

 Roosting habits of, 6 

 Trumpety note of, 7 

 Soft note of, at roosting, 7 

 Partial paralysis produced in, 



by sudden fright, 279, 280 

 A cock, put to flight by stone- 

 curlew, 123 

 Philistines, the, bloodthirsty 

 shouts of, 1 56 

 False plea of the, 156, 157 

 Having no appreciation of 

 anything, can destroy 

 everything with impunity, 

 156, 157 

 Hypocritical pretence of, to 

 an aesthetic motive, 157 

 Poet, the, not a teacher, 1 1 

 His aptitude to feel and ex- 

 press, 12 

 Protective coloration theory, 

 unsatisfactory in regard to 

 tiger, leopard, jaguar, &c., 



43-49 



Inapplicable to animals that 



hunt at night by scent, 47 



Versus sexual selection, 43- 50 



Psychical Research Society, 



great mistake made by, 143- 



145 

 Its man-worshipping attitude, 



143-145 

 Its neglect of the comparative 



method, 143-145 

 Indifferent to field natural 



history, 145 

 Should let the dogs into 



church, 145 

 Conclusions of, reared on too 



narrow a basis of fact and 



observation, 290 



