INDEX 
D 
Darwin, Quoted in reference to lizards 
on the Galapagos Islands, 52, 53 ; 
and in reference to sexual selection, 
272-4 3 anticipated by Swift, 33 
Dean Swift, Anticipation of Darwin 
by, 33 
Death, The dance of, encouraged by 
science, 148 
Ducks at the Pittville Gardens in Chel- 
tenham, 64, 65 
E 
Eagles, A pair of, foiled by pigeons, 158, 
T59 
Eider Duck, Female and young alone 
seen in late July, 26 
— Family parties of, 26 
— Feed sometimes on seaweed, 26-8, 
77 78 
— Bobbing, etc., of, 28, 29 
— Mother and chicks feeding on the 
' rocks, 75-7 
— Feed on mussels, 77, 78 
— Process of differentiation in feeding 
habits of, 78, 80 
— Luminous appearance of, under 
water, 204 
Emotions, Our noblest tainted in their 
origin, 185, 186 
Evil may be the path of advance, 207, 208 
Expulsion, Law of, amongst birds, 7 ; 
referred to by Gilbert White, 7 
Extinction, The scientific charm of, 148 
Eye, Accuracy of the ornithological, 
when helped by a measuring-tape, 
34 35 
F 
Falstaff in. Eastcheap, 343 
Fulmar Petrel, Appearance, etc. of 
young, 88 
— Actions, etc., of, 88, 89 
— Lethargy of, 89, 90 
— Difference between young and old, 
90, 91 
— Domestic habits of, 91-3 
— Young : how fed, 92, 93 
— Different coloration of buccal cavity 
in young and old, 933 suggested 
explanation of this, 93 
— Strange error made by author in 
regard to, 114-16 
383 
Fulmar Petrel, Nuptial note of, 116, 
117 
— Unangelic propensities of, 117, 118 
— Marvellous powers of flight of, 118-21 
— A “delicate Ariel,” 118 
— Nuptial antics of, 125, 126, 202 
— /®sthetic coloration of buccal cavity 
in, 126, 1273 suggested explanation 
of, 129, 131 
— Power of ejecting excrement to a 
distance possessed by, 165, 166 
— Statement made by author in regard 
to, checked, 201 
— Family parties of, 201 
G 
Great Black-backed Gull, Swoop of, 2 
— Will attack arctic skua, 13 
— Probably not victimized by arctic 
skua, 13 
Great Seal, Perpendicular attitude in 
water of, 217, 234 
— Length of submersions of, 235, 285 
— Mistake of observation made by 
author in regard to, 235, 236, 328 
— Appearance of, etc., in or out of 
water, 236, 324, 328, 329, 343-5 
— More modified in relation to aquatic 
life than common seal, 236 
— Called “the bottle-nosed seal’ locally, 
234, 237 
— Sideway roll of, in going down, 238 
— Splendid appearance of, under water, 
285, 286 
— Beauty of skin of, 285, 370; probably 
due to sexual selection, 286 
— Falstaffian proportions of, 324, 325 
— Consummate happiness of, 325 
— Different appearance of fur of, when 
wet or dry, 325, 326 
— Leaving his rock, 325, 326, 329 
— In Eastcheap, 342 
— His beloved sleep, 34.2 
— Author’s observations on, collated 
with those of the late Dr. Edmond- 
stone, 364-73 
Great Skua becomes less savage as the 
young grow older, 93, 94, 151, 197 
— Young, the, an absurd figure, 150,151 
— Less interesting than the arctic skua, 
152; and wants the wild cry of the 
latter, 152 
— Is difficult to watch, 152, 161 
