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INDEX 



Starlings {continued) — 



Good done by, i6o, i6i 



Harm done by, to fruit incon- 

 siderable, 1 60, 161 



Small space occupied by, to 

 sleep in, 157-161 



Do no harm to song-birds, 

 158, 159, 161, 162 



Do not "infest," but country 

 gentlemen do, 162 

 Statesmen, good that might be 

 done by '' translation " of, 

 into dabchicks, 305 

 Stevenson, style of, preferred 

 by Stevenson to Scott's, 

 82 



But not by author, 82 

 Stock-dove, odd formalities in 

 combats of, 185; explana- 

 tion of these, 185 

 Stone-chat, his motions, &c., 

 115, 116 



An angry bird, 1 1 5 



His tail flirted at you, 116; 

 his certain answer if ques- 

 tioned on the subject, 116 



Variation in appearance of, 

 116 

 Stone-curlew, a special feature 

 of country round Ickling- 

 ham, 124 



Often feeds with peewits, 122 



A fighter, 122, 123 



Puts a cock pheasant to flight, 

 123 



Skirmishes of, with missel- 

 thrushes, 123, 124 



Warlike display of rival 

 males, 123; not employed 

 when attacking another 

 species, 123 ; suggested 

 explanation of this, 123 



Sad cry of, 124, 12$ 



The clamour of, 125 



Other notes of, 125, 126 



Cry of, recalling piping of 

 oyster-catcher, 1 26 



Stone-curlew {continued) — 

 The gathering of the clans, 1 2 5 

 Pursued bysparrow-hawk, 1 26 

 The Heimkehr of, in the early 



morning, 127 

 Is di-nocturjial^ 128 

 More active during the day 



in spring, 128 

 Crouching habits of, 128 

 Evening dances of, in autumn, 



128 

 Migration of, 128 

 Subliminal self, theory of the, 



a criticism of, 289-294 

 Numerous objections to, 292- 



294 

 Author's counter hypothesis 



to, of innumerable ances- 

 tral subliminal selves^ 289, 



290 

 Swallow tribe, the, insects, how 



caught and swallowed by, 



258 

 Swan, nest-building actions of 



the male, 174 



" Test of time," the, a mislead- 

 ing expression, 89-92 

 Tiger, protective coloration 

 theory in regard to, ques- 

 tioned, 43-45 



Beauty of the, Darwin's view 

 as to how acquired, 44- 

 46 



Coloration of, in relation to 

 man, 47, 48 



Chinese proverb in regard to 

 Coreans and the, 48 



Eye-witness's account of the 

 stalking of a cow by a, 48, 



49 

 Titlark, mounting and descent 

 of, no, III 

 More like a lark than a 

 wagtail. III, 112; resem- 

 bles a wagtail also, 113 



