178 



BIRD NOTES 



Chaffinch, individual characters of, 



65 



' Cheep ' of young birds, 98 

 Chiffchaff, note of, 51 



feeding young cuckoo, 33 



accurate flight of, 59, 60 



delight in motion, 88 

 Clematis sprays made use of in 



birds' nests, 28 

 Cole tit, timidity of, 24 



food carried off by, 70, 126, 158 



intelligence and large head of, 

 75, 78, 94, 126, 158 



acquisitive propensities of, 126 



good memory of, 161 



storing of food by, doubted, 164 



eating from hand, 168 



tender attentions to mate, 168 

 Colour, protection for nests by 



means of, 28, 52, 132, 133 



of plumage as criterion of vigour, 

 55,56 



robin attracted by, 14, 29, 71, 

 103 



Concealment of young by robins, 



120, 160 

 Crocuses, yellow, eaten by thrush, 



109 

 Courting ceremonies among robins, 



92 

 Cuckoo, young, fed by chiffchaff , 33 



DEVOKSHIRK, presence of nut- 

 hatches in, 143 

 Divers, flock of at sea, 50 

 Drinking healths, origin of, 117 

 ' Dying Night,' 108 



EATING, lessons given in the art of, 



16, 82, 139 



Egg, removal of, by wren, 101 

 Etiquette of the table among nut- 

 hatches, 78 



among blue tits, 116, 170, 172 

 Eyes on butterflies' wings, pro- 

 tective service of, 146 



FEAR taught by birds to their 



young, 16, 99 

 Feeding of young swallows or 



martins, 56, 118, 153 



observances among birds, 78, 

 116, 168, 172 



Flowers made use of in nest-build- 

 ing, 28, 29, 132 



Flycatcher, its nest built in thrush's 

 empty nest, 113, 149 



imitation of yellow wagtail by, 

 136 



aerial evolutions of, 150 

 1 Fog, the,' 49 



Forget-me-not used in goldfinch's 

 nest, 28, 133 



GARDEN, comparative shelter 



afforded by, 84, 120 

 Garibaldi when dying and the 



bird, 52 

 Gesture language among birds : 



inquisitiveness, 121 



invitation to feed, 124 



balance of instincts shown 

 by, 124 



Glass, difficulty found by some 

 birds in seeing through, 17 



understood better by robin than 

 by blue tit, 158 



Golden-crested wren, scolding by, 



38 

 nest of, 113 



concealment of nest of, 

 148 



young, 162 

 Goldfinch, 27 



flower-built nest of, 132 

 Greenfinch and sweetbriar hips 



26 



nest of, 85 

 Green woodpecker, 4 



blind, 163 



note of, 173 



Gulls rising on the wind, 34 



sliding down the wind, 46 



