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INDEX. 



DRAYTON'S "Woosel," 33. 



EPITAPH on a Robin, 55. 

 Ettrick Shepherd and Merlin, 13. 



FALCONRY, 9. 



Fen-birds, 238-240. 



Fieldfare, 39-47 ; nesting of, 43 ; 



food of, 46. 

 Field mice, 16, 21. 

 Fletcher's "bird forlorn," 58. 



GARDEN Warbler, 70-76 ; distri- 

 bution of in England, 71-72; 

 partiality for fruit, 74 ; nest of, 



75- 



Gascoigne's Sonnet on the Spar- 

 row, 172. 



Golden-crested Wren, 126-132; 

 at sea, 127 ; migration of, 127- 

 128; sensitiveness to cold, 129; 

 song of, 131. 



Grahame, Birds of Scotland, 33. 



Gray, Robert, on migration of 

 Goldcrest, 130 ; on the Crested 

 Tit in Scotland, 115, 116. 



Greenfinch, 152-158; habits of, 

 155; roosting on the ground, 

 I 56 ; food of, 157; docility as 

 a cage bird, 158. 



Green lanes, 161-162. 



Gull, Herring, 280-287 ; its dis- 

 tribution, 282-283 ; nest and 

 eggs, 284 ; food of, 285 ; note 

 of, 286. 



HAWKS, protected by statute, 10, 

 1 2 ; and keepers, 1 3. 



Hedge-popping, 40. 



Heron, 259-269; haunts and 

 habits, 260-261 ; food of, 262 ; . 

 mode of feeding, 264-265 ; 

 nesting, 267 ; anecdotes of, 

 268. 



Heronries, 265. 



Hewitson's Eggs of British Birds, 

 42, 60. 



Hoopoe, 196-202 ; breeds in Eng- 

 land, 197; habits, 199; note 

 of, 201 j occurrence in winter, 

 202. 



JAY, 180-185; food of, 183; in- 

 quisitive habits, 184 ; nesi and 

 eggs of, 184. 



KEEPERS and Hawks, 13. 



Keeper's tree, the, 182. 



Kestrel, 9-17; numerous in 



autumn, 1 5 ; food of, 1 6 ; 



nesting of, 17. 

 Knapp, Journal of a Naturalist, 



96-7, 125, 148. 



LAPWING, 213-219 (see Peewit). 

 Lesbia and her Sparrow, 172. 

 London birdcatchers, 143. 

 Long-tailed Tit, 119; nest of, 1 2 1 ; 



congregating for warmth, 124; 



note of, 124. 



MACGILLIVRAY, accurate observa- 

 tions of, 26-7, 31, 35-6-7, 87, 

 96, 101, 121. 



Market gardens of Kent and 

 Surrey, 65. 



