INDEX 



333 



Song- Thrush, a fighter, though 



said not to be, 223 

 Sparrow with a grievance, a, 

 245 

 Nest-building habits of, 245- 



247 

 Oppression of house-martins 

 by, 243-246, 248 

 Spiders, one answers query, 

 ,14 

 Hibernate under bark of trees, 



. .^4 . 

 Spirituahsm, doctrine of, does 

 not answer certain ques- 

 tions, 232 

 Makes best of bad job, but 



the bad job remains, 232 

 Presents many difficulties, 



232 

 Spur-winged lapwing, antics, 

 d, trois of, no; suggested 

 origin of, 109, 1 10 

 Starlings, bathing, 119 



Feeding over the land, 119 



Enjoy company of peewits, 

 120 



A single one flying with pee- 

 wits, 120 



One welcomed back by an- 

 other, 120, 121 



Have hearts even in winter, 

 121, 122 



Imitate note of peewit, 122 



Relations of, with green wood- 

 pecker, 129 - 132 ; may 

 lead to one or other ac- 

 quiring parasitic instinct, 



13I) 132 

 As architects, 133-136 

 Their nests in sand-pits, 133- 



135 

 How made ? 133-136 

 Social nesting habits of, 136- 



138 

 Make morality seem a bore, 



137 

 Roosting habits of, 138-154 



Starlings {continued) — 



Flocking of, before roosting, 



138, 139 

 Susurrus, or sing-song of, 1 38 

 Erratic descent into trees 



of, 139 



Simultaneous aerial move- 

 ment amongst large bodies 

 of, 140, 142, 143 ; some form 

 of thought - transference 

 seems necessary to ex- 

 plain these, 143 



Distinctive note uttered by, 

 whilst flying, 145, 146 



Twitter whilst flying, 146 



Varied entry of, into roosting 

 place, 146 



Exodus of, from wood in 

 regiments, 147-152; back 

 regiments fly first, 150 



Breaking back of, during exo- 

 dus, 150, 151 



Increase altitude when pass- 

 ing hedges, &c., 152 



Great flights of, a study for 

 Turner, 152 



Poetry in numbers of, 152 



Actions of, in the roosting 

 place, 153, 154 ; a dis- 

 seminating process ob- 

 servable, 153 ; slow dimi- 

 nution of the sing-song, 

 153 ; sudden flights and 

 scurryings, 153, 154; si- 

 lence not till long after 

 nightfall, 154 



Morning flight out from 

 roosting - place, 154, 155; 

 takes place by successive 

 bands or regiments, 154, 



Kind of bushes, &c., chosen 

 to roost in, 155, 156 ; pos- 

 sible explanation of this, 



Letter written to Daily Tele^ 

 graph about, 157-160 



