INDEX. 



419 



Larks, 228 



Latirostres, flat-beaked, 316 



Leg-bones, 38 



Legs of Herons allure fish, 308 



Levirostral, light-billed, 269 



Lighthouses a decoy for birds, 89, 329 



Linnets' affection for their young, 224 



Longipennes, 396 



MAGPIES, 204, 205; sagacity of, 205; nurse 

 young Ravens, 206 

 227 



Meetings of Crows and other birds, 190 



Migration of Cuckoos, 263, 264; Nightin- 

 gales, 232; Swallows, 242; Storks and 

 Cranes, 308, 309 



Migration, queries respecting, 81, 232 



Mocking-bird, 57 



Muscular power of the wing of a bird, 68, 413 



Music attracts Nightingales, 235 



NARROW-BEAKED, Pressirostral, 297 



Nest, Blackbirds, by a Rabbit's seat, 168 

 Eagle's, 101 ; other birds build in Eagle's 

 106 ; curious, of a Thrush, 167 ; rapidity of 

 building, 215; curious one of African 

 Finches, 215 ; of Sparrows and Redbreast, 

 220, 229, 230 ; of Titmouse, singular place, 

 for one, 228; of a Redstart, 229; Swallow's, 

 in a lamp, 245 ; in a bell, 245 ; not always 

 of mud, 247 ; edible, 247 ; Pigeons, 275 

 Ostrich, 292; Water-hen, 297, 300; Solan 

 (.loose, 374; Albatross, 391, 408; same 

 frequented by same birds season after 

 season, 245 



Night, birds sing during, 235 



Nightingales, migration of, 232 ; tame, 82 ; 

 removal of eggs by, 326 



Nuthatch, 256 



OIL on feathers, use of, 65 



Oriole, Golden, 207 



Ostrich, substances found in the stomach of 



one, 45; affectionate disposition of the, 



292 ; modes of catching, 293 

 Owls, particulars respecting, 144; remove 



their young, 326 

 Oyster-catchers, 306 



PALMIPEDES, web-footed, 334, 366 



Park, Mungo, anecdote of, i 



Parrots, beak described, 27 



Parroquets, 270 



Partridge and Turkey associate, 284 ; tame, 



285 ; in North America, 287 ; how taken in 



the East, 288 



Paradise, Bird of, 175, 176 

 Passerine order, 207 



Peacocks formerly prized as dainties, 282 

 Pelican's beak, 33; traditions of, 366; and 



Penguin, 406; stones swallowed by, 50 

 Petrel, 80, 395; used as a candle, 395; Stormy, 



sailors' superstition of, 396 ; found inland, 



396; Sooty, 404 

 Pheasant attacks a lady, 277 ; directions for 



rearing them, 280 

 Pigeons living peaceably with a Hawk, 140 ; 



Carrier, 73, 273 ; Passenger, 271, 272 ; mode 



of catching in the Pyrenees, 274 ; Wood, 



275 ; Pigeon's nest by a litter of kittens, 



276 



Platypus, Duck-billed, 30 

 Ptilorus Paradiseus, plumage of, 65 

 Plover, Egyptian, anecdote of the, 322 

 Plumage of birds considered, 62, 65 ; change 



of colour, 66 

 Pouch of the Bustard, 290, 291 ; Emu, 294 ; 



Hurgila, use of, 313 

 Poultry tribe, 271 



Pressirostral, or narrow-beaked, 297 

 Ptarmigan, its mode of escaping birds of 



prey, 149 



Puff-backed Shrike, 165 

 Puffin and Raven, 182, 183 ; or Sea-Parrot 



401 ; how caught, 402 



QUAILS, 288 



RAILS, 305 



Rain, why Swallows fly low during, 244 



Rapacious birds, 92 



Rapidity of flight, 71 



Raven, notices of the, 178; tame, 183, 184; 

 tame, in a wild state, 187 ; and Jackdaws, 

 179 ; and Puffin, 183, 184 ; attachment to a 

 dog, 185, 34 



Razor-bill, 401 ; chased by a Hawk, 403 



Rearing Pheasants, 280 



Redbreast builds in a dining-room curtain, 

 230 ; in a school-house, 230 ; in a church, 

 231 ; frequenting some particular place, 231 



Red-legged Crow, 201 



Redpole and Goldfinch, 214 



Redstart's nest in the hinge of a door, 229 



Redwing, 166 



Ring-Dotterel, 320 



Rooks, 187 



Rookeries, 198, 199; occasional desertion of 

 199 ; contentions in, 200 



Ropes of hide used in St. Kilda, 435 



SACRED IBIS, 331, 332 



Sandpipers on the seashore, 320 



Screamer, Horned, 305 



Sea-birds feeding on fish, 368 ; found far out 



at sea, 76, 397 ; found inland, 396 ; trade 



in, 409 



Sea-Swallow, or Tern, 378 

 Senses, acuteness of the, in birds of prey, HI 

 Sheldrake builds in rabbit-holes, 358, 359 



Cormorant, fishing in partnership, 368 i Shoveler-Duck's bill, 30 



