INDEX. 



Affectionate disposition of the Ostrich, 

 320 



of a Duck, 400 



of Geese, 379 



of Stork and 



Crane, 344 



of Chickens 



and Cat, 385 

 Age of Goldfinches, 239 

 Air Cells in birds, use of, 36, 5457 

 Albatross lives almost always on the 



wing, 82 



wandering, habits of the, 



444 



nest of the, 445, 464 



American, South, Goat-Sucker, de- 

 scribed, 278 



Anastomus or open-beak, 352 



Anhinga, or Darter, 424 



Anis, 289 



Annual return of birds to the South 

 Stack, 95, 434 



Assemblages of Crows and other 

 birds, 208, 345, 463 



Attachment of birds to men and 

 animals, 379 



Avoset, beak of the, 358 



Barn-Owl, habits of the, 162168 



Bee-Eater, 284 



Bell Bird, 61 



Benefits derived from Rooks, 214 



and injuries by small birds, 



249 



Bird-catchers employ Owls, 168 



Bird-catching in Shetland and St. 

 Kilda, 466 



Birds, their situation in the natural 

 division of the animal kingdom, 5 



Bittern, light in the breast of, 340 



Blackbird crowing like a Cock, 59 



fed by a Thrush, 184 



Bones of birds, 35 



Box, feeding, for Pheasants,. 308 



Breast-bone, 39 



h'ght in that of an Ame- 

 rican Bittern, 340^ 



Breathing, 54 



Breeding Pheasant with poultry, 



306 



Bullfinches, how taught to pipe, 241 

 Burrowing Owl described, 169 

 Bustards taken by Hawks, 134 



courage of the, 304 



pouch of the, 318 



Butcher-Bird, habits of the, 171 



Canada Geese, f 382, 386 

 Canaries, history of, and trade in, 240 

 Cancroma, or Boat-bill, 354 

 Caprimulgus, Goat-Sucker, 278 

 Carrier-Pigeon, its rapid flight, and 



how used, 78, 299 

 Cassowary, 322 



Cat and Pigeon, anecdote of, 302 

 . Chickens, anecdote of, 385 



Catching Wood-Pigeons, mode of, 



300, 301 

 Caverns filled with Swallows' eatable 



nests, 272 



Certhia, or Tree-Creeper, 284 

 Chavana Fidele, capacity for filling 



itself with air, 56 

 Children , instances of, carried off by 



Eagles, 101 



Chinese management of Ducks, 395 

 Cormorants, 



416 



Chough, or Red-legged Crow, 222 

 Cinereous Crow, depredations of the, 



224 



Classification, Tables of, 9 

 Claw of the Goat-Sucker, why tooth- 

 ed, 280 



serrated, of the Heron, 339 



Cock, barn-door, courage of, 303 

 Cold, capacity of birds for enduring 



severe, 48 



Colour of plumage, changes in, 71 

 Condor, contest with a man, 128 

 Constancy of Magpies and other 



birds, 347 



Consumption of food by small birds, 

 250 



