INDEX 



179 



HEARING, sense of, in thrush, 90 

 Hedge-sparrow, old, 25 



lame, tameness of, 52 



on the defensive at meals, 78 

 Heron by the river, 4 



robin scared by, 105 



sparrow eaten by, 107 



House martins, feeding of young 

 by, 56, 118, 153 



IMITATION among all birds, 135 



of cole tit's note by blue tit, 135 



of wagtail's gesture by fly- 

 catcher, 136 



by starling, 136, 142 



of various sounds by thrush, 

 165 



Inquisitiveness, gesture expression 



of, 121 



Instincts, balance of, 10, 124, 132 

 Instruction given to young birds 

 in feeding, 16, 82, 139 



in nest-building, 79, 80 



in singing, 80 



Intelligence of birds, differing in 

 different kinds, 158 



1 JOE ' the chaffinch, 65, 71 



KINGFISHER, 4 



Knowledge, inheritance and acqui- 

 sition of, 171 



LABURNCM sprays, use of, in birds' 



nests, 28 

 Language of birds, 30 



originally an expression of feel- 

 ings, 172 



Larks in snow, 2, 129 

 Lines : ' The Kiver.' 9 



' Metempsychosis,' v 



' The Voice of Autumn,' xviii 



' Still the Same,' 35 



Lines : ' The Fog,' 49 



' Autumn,' 66 



' Song of the Dying Leaves,' 67 



' Keep and Hold,' 87 



' Owl Song,' 95 



' Dying Night,' 108 



' Let the cold Snow lie still,' 117 



' Winter Sunshine,' 130 



' To Mother Earth,' 175 

 Long-tailed tits, visits from, 20, 64, 



83 



Love of birds, inheritance of, 141, 

 146, 147 



MALE birds, vivid colouring of, 56 



Marsh tits, 100 



Martins, soaring of, 33 



Materials, choice of, for nest build- 

 ing, 28, 79, 172 



Memory in birds, 105, 161 



Missel thrush, nest of, 148 



Morris, Itev. F. 0., on the nuthatch 

 in Devon, 143 



' Mother Earth,' 175 



NESTS, various flowers used in, 28 



protective colouring of, 28, 132 



ingenious sparrow's, 29 



chaffinch's, 52 



hedge sparrow's, 52 



blackbird's, in clematis, 81 



greenfinch's, 85 



wren's, 85, 101 



robin's, 85, 119, 120 



cole tit's, 97 



gold-crest's, 113, 148, 149 



fly-catcher's, in empty nest of 

 thrush, 113, 149 



goldfinch's, 132 



missel thrush's, 148 

 _ thrush's, fall of, 149 



156 



Nest-building, instruction in, 79 

 Nightingale, imitation of note of, 



147 



