INDEX 



Affectionate disposition of the Ostrich, 

 292 ; of a Duck, 355 ; of Geese, 343 ; of 

 Stork and Crane, 312 ; of Chickens and 

 1 Cat, 343 



Vge of Goldfinches, 216 



Vir-cells in birds, use of, 34, 52-54 

 lbatross lives almost always on the wing, 

 77 ; wandering habits of the, 393 ; nest of 

 the, 394 

 -.American, South, Goat-sucker, described, 

 252 



Anastomus, or open-beak, 315 



Anhinga, or Darter, 376 



Anis, 263 



Annual return of birds to the South Stack, 

 89, 384 



Attachment of birds to men and animals, 

 337. 338 



Avoset, beak of the, 319 



Barn-Owl, habits of the, 150, 154 



Bee-eater, 257 



Bell-bird, 58 



Benefits derived from Rooks, 194 ; and in- 

 juries by small birds, 225 



Bird-catchers employ Owls, 154 



Bird-catching in Shetland and St. Kilda, 

 409 



Birds, their situation in the natural division 

 of the animal kingdom, 5 



Blackbird crowing like a Cock, 56 ; fed by a 

 Thrush, 169 



Black-headed Gull, account of, 386 



Bones of birds, 34 



Box, feeding, for Pheasants, 281 



Breast-bone, 37 



Breathing, 52 



Breeding— Pheasant with Poultry, 279 



Bullfinches, how taught to pipe, 218 



Burrowing Owl described, 156 



Bustards taken by Hawks, 120 ; courage of 

 the, 278 ; pouch of the, 290 



Butcher-bird, habits of the, 158 



Canada Geese, 340, 344 

 Canaries, history of, and trade in, 217 

 Cancroma, or Boat-bill, 316 

 Caprimulgus, Goat-sucker, 252 



Carrier Pigeon, its rapid flight, and how 

 used, 73, 273 



Cassowary, 294 



Cat and Pigeon, anecdote of, 365 



Cat and Chickens, anecdote of, 343 



Catching Wood-Pigeons, mode of, 274, 275 



Caverns filled with Swallows' edible nests, 

 248 



Certhia, or Tree-creeper, 257 



Chavana Fidele, capacity for filling itself 

 with air, 53 



Children, instances of, carried off by Eagles, 

 95 



Chinese management of Ducks, 352 ; Cor- 

 morants, 369, 370 



Chough, or Red-legged Crow, 201 



Cinereous Crow, depredations of the, 203 



Classification, Tables of, 9 



Claw of the Goat-sucker, why toothed, 253 ; 

 serrated, of the Heron, 307 



Cock, barn-door, courage of, 276 



Cold, capacity of birds for enduring severe, 



47 



Colour of plumage, changes in, 66 



Condor, contest with a man, 114 



Consumption of food by small birds, 225, 226 



Coots, nest of, 301 



Cormorants, habits of, 370, 371; trained as 

 fishing birds by the Chinese, 370 ; weight 

 of, 371 ; where differing from the Frigate- 

 bird, 374 



Corn-crake, 305 ; found dormant, 240 



Cotinga, 171 



Courage of Swallows, 246 



Cranes, 307 



Crocodile, birds feed in mouth of, 323 



Crossbill, beak described, 28 ; peculiarities 

 of the, 193 



Crows, 187 ; harassing the Gulls at the South 

 Stack, 384 



Cuckoos, 263 ; Golden, 25 ; fed by a Thrush, 

 170 



Cultrirostral, cutting-billed birds, 307 



Cuneirostral, wedge-billed birds, 263 



Dangerous instinct of Herons and Bit- 

 terns in darting at the eye, 314 



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