INDEX. 



ALDER, attraction to the Siskin, 



134. 

 Avocet, nesting in England, 242. 



BALDAMUS, theory on Cuckoo's 

 eggs, 189. 



Barnefield, R., lines on Nightin- 

 gale, 57. 



Beechmast eaten by many birds, 

 87, 141. 



Bees destroyed by Tits, 89. 



Birdcatchers, 143. 



Birds singing at night, 56; travel- 

 ling at night, 149. 



Blackbird, 32-38 ; migration of, 

 33; food of, 35; pairing with 

 Thrush, 37 ; assiduity in feeding 



young, 

 38. 



37 ; pied and white, 



Blackcap, 64-69 ; food of, 66-67 5 

 nest and eggs of, 67 ; song of, 

 66 ; remaining in winter, 69. 



Blue Tit, food of, 95 ; assiduity 

 in feeding young, 96. 



Bond, F., on food of Blue Tit, 95 ; 

 on nesting of Coal Tit, 1 1 1. 



Bones for Titmice, 97. 



Booth, E. T., on migration of 

 Goldcrest, 127; on nest of 

 Brambling, 145; on nest of 

 Tree Sparrow, 178. 



Brambling, 139-145; migration 



of, 140-141 ; travelling at night, 



142 ; nesting in Scotland, 145. 

 Browne, Sir Thomas, on the 



Nightingale, 58 ; on nesting of 



the Spoonbill, 242. 

 Bullfinch, 159-164; picking off 



buds, 1 60 ; haunts of, 161-162 ; 



food of, 163 ; nest of, 163. 

 Buntings, 49, 90, 122. 



CATERPILLARS, destroyed by 

 Whitethroat, 81. 



Census, an ornithological, 166. 



Chaffinch, 146-1 51 ; migration of, 

 148; nesting of, 149; curious 

 nests of, 150; hybrid between 

 Chaffinch and Brambling, 145. 



Cordeaux, J., on migration of the 

 Goldcrest, 127. 



Cowper's Winter Walk, 50. 



Crested Titmouse,. 112; rare in 

 England, 114; its nest and 

 eggs, 1 1 8. 



Cuckoo, 185-195 ; its habits, 189; 

 coloration of eggs, 192-194 ; 

 note of, 195. 



Curlew, 247-258 ; on the moors, 

 252 ; on the coast, 253 ; sense 

 of sight and hearing, 254 ; de- 

 coying a, 254 ; variation in size, 

 255; loud note of, 256; food 

 of, 257. 



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