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BIRDS AND MAN 



Spencer, Herbert, on social animals, 



47 ; on the origin of music, 131 

 Starlings, their services to cattle, 39 ; 



abundance at Bath of, 71 

 Summer Studies of Birds and Books, 



159 

 Sunlight, effects on plumage of birds, 



3, 12 

 Swallows, how man is regarded by, 



49-53, 55 ; alarmed by a grey hat, 



57 ; quality of the voice of, 125 ; 



Gilbert White on hybernation of, 



291 

 Swifts, unconcern of in man's 



presence, 51 ; at Selborne, 287 



Tennyson, on the speedwell, 149 

 Throstle, loudness of its song, 118 

 Tits, blue, at Bath, 71 ; long-tailed, 



seen at their best, 16 

 Tree-pipit, quality of yoice of, 126 



Upland geese. See Geese. 



Visitants, rare annual slaughter of, 

 237 



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Wagtail, pied, attending cows in 

 the pasture . . . quality of voice 

 of, 125 



Wallace, Alfred Russel, Bird of Para- 

 dise assemblies described by, 100 



Wells, daws at the cathedral, 60 ; a 

 wood wren at, 102 



White, Gilbert, wood wren's song, 

 described by, 14O; willow wren's 

 song described by, 122 ; associa- 

 tions with, at Selborne, 288 ; an 

 imaginary conversation with, 291 



Whiteness, in flowers, 146 ; magni- 

 fying effect of, 193 



Willersey, owls at, 173 ; a pet wood 

 owl at, 184 



Willow wren, Burroughs on the song 

 of the, 101 ; Gilbert White's de- 

 scription of its song, 122 ; Warde 

 Fowler's description of its song, 

 121, 122 ; abundance and wide 

 distribution of, 117 



Willoughby, Father of British Orni- 

 thology, willow wren described 

 by 118. 



Wood lark, Burns' address to, 127 



Wood owl. See Owls. 



Wood pigeon, song of, 85 ; human 

 quality in voice of, 87-90 



Wood wren, at Wells, 102 ; difficulty 

 in seeing, 103 ; inquisitiveness, 

 104 ; secret of its charm, 114 



Wookey Hole, source of the Somerset 

 Axe, 59 



Wordsworth, bird voices preferred by, 

 107 



Year with the Birds, A, 122 

 Yellow, in flowers, 146 

 Yellow-hammer, singing in the rain, 

 285 



