INDEX 



Anatid/E (the duck family), in- 

 stances of intelligence in the, 32 



Argentine ornithology, 53 



Athelney, lake of, 197 



Avalon, 185 



Aviculture, 97 



Avington in Hampshire, last 

 ravens at, 255 



Axe Edge, source of rivers Wye, 

 Goyt, Dane, and Dove, 120 ; 

 dreary farms, 120 ; sheep and 

 cows on, 1 2 1-2 ; character of 

 inhabitants, 122 ; signs of 

 spring, 123 ; bird life, 121-32 



Badbury Rings, pine grove and 



earthworks, 262 

 Bicycle, soundlessness of, 153 

 Birds, books on, 2, 5 ; discoverers 

 of, 3 ; dehght in, 6-10 ; great 

 gatherings of, 32 ; destruction 

 of, ^7 ; helping instinct in, 51- 

 2, 77-80 ; friendly spirit in, 

 62-4, 66, 71-7 ; absence of 

 large, in Peak district, 130 ; in 

 great woods and forests in Eng- 

 land generally, 275-9 ; music 

 of, 141 ; charm of, 212 ; omens, 

 240 ; window panes struck b}', 

 242 ; beauty of soaring, 278 ; 

 pleasures of watching, 211-12, 

 298 ; social disposition in, 80 

 Bittern, little, beauty of eggs, 197 

 Blackbird, a pheasant's friend, 

 62-4 ; the one and only, 133 ; 

 capturing a young, 136; a 

 widely distributed type, 1 39 ; 

 early morning singing of, 148- 

 9 ; nest of in a London park, 

 161 ; human-Uke music, 185 ; 

 C. A. Johns on song of, 186; 

 C. A. Witchell's records of songs, 

 187-8; genius in a, 189; cha- 

 racter of song, 190 ; in poetic 



literature, 191 ; in early Irish 



poetry, 152 

 Blandford, 156 

 Bhnd man, meeting a, 1 53 

 Bulleid, Dr., lake village discovered 



by, 195 

 Bullfinch, affectionate temper of, 



74 

 Bulrushes, sound of wind in, 196 

 Buxton, an impression of, 120 



Cardinal, a caged, 12 

 Cerne and Cerne Abbas, 215 

 Chaffinch, singing of a, 147 

 Chameleon, problem of the, 282-4 

 Chanctonbury Ring, 262 

 Cheddar valley, 200 

 Chepstow, an impression of, 203 

 Cloudburst, a, at Wareham, 1 56 

 Clumps. See Hill-top groves 

 Cobbett, William, goldfinches 



seen by, 218 

 Colorin de Fills, El, 224 ; transla- 

 tion of, 227-30 

 Cory, epitaph from Callimachus 



234 



Cotton-grass, 195 



Crested screamer, great gather- 

 ings of the, 34 



Crossbills, flock of, 200 



Crow, carrion, on hill-top grove, 

 and in forest of a millionaire, 

 265 



— hooded, 27, 30 ; as food, 58 ; 

 scared by an owl, 61-2 ; a 

 killer of sick birds, 99 ; even- 

 ing pastimes of, 296-8 ; teasing 

 a wounded goose, 306 ; im- 

 migration of, at Wells, 308 



Cuckoo, abundance and habits of 

 in Peak district, 1 26 



Curlew, helping instinct in, 52 ; 

 love language and an aspect of, 

 129 



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