INDEX 



^ESTHETIC tastes of birds, 84, 134, 

 156 



Altruism as shown by young house- 

 martins, 57 



Alyssum, white, use of in birds' 

 nests, 28, 29 



Ants eaten by woodpeckers, 5, 163 



Aphides an attraction to birds, 1 



eaten by sparrows, 51, 82, 100 



' Autumn,' 66 



BACON, fondness of birds for, 23, 65 

 Birds, unknown, soaring of, 44, 45 

 note of, 141 



their imitative powers, 135 



infested by insects, 161 



maimed, 25, 53 

 Blackbird, barbarity of a, 90 



hen, feeding young, 99 



pied, 128 



and plate, 140 



fall of nest of, 149 



and crow, 167 



Blackcap and whitethroat, singing 



match between, 42 

 Blackcaps, 99 

 Blind woodpecker, 163 

 Blue tit, character of, 17 



memory in, 18, 76 



quarrelling with long- tailed tits, 

 21, 131 



Blue tit, various notes of, 37 



cleverness with its claws, 47 



jealousy of golden-crested wren, 

 64 



young nuthatch begging of, 83 



scolding, 38 



terrifying appearance of when 

 angry, 91, 93 



' Thomas and Thomasina,' 113 



scared by robin, 114 



feeding ceremonies of, 115, 156 



imitation of cole tit's note by, 

 135 



stealing robin's bacon, 145 



' Tapping Tom's ' attentions to 

 his mate, 171, 172 



'Bobinette,' the redbreast, 173 



' Bottle-tits,' 19 



Brightwen, Mrs., on storage of food 



by cole tit, 164 

 Bullfinch, 27 

 Butterflies' wings, possible service 



of ' eyes ' on, 146 



CANARY, a stray, 81 



Cat, resentment of robins towards, 



84 

 Chaffinch, 22 



protective colour in nest of, 28 



its fear of a white plate, 51 



savage treatment of son, 53-55 



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