302 INDEX. 



the severity of the winter ; women gather them before sun^ 

 rising, tearing them off with their nails, vi. 159. 



Kestril, a bird of the generous breed of hawks, iv. 100. 



Kevel, name of a second variety of gazelles, made by M. 

 Buffon, ii. 283. 



Killer, a cetaceous animal of surprising strength, which attacks 

 the whale, v. 42. 



Kinds of animals not actually distinguished by horns, colour, 

 position of the ears, or fineness of hair, ii. 272. Difficult 

 to fix precise boundaries between the goat kind and the 

 deer, 280. The gazelles form a distinct kind, 381. 



Kine in Iceland are without horns, ii. 237- 



King-fisher, a remarkable bird ; its description ; places it fre- 

 quents, and how it takes its prey ; the plumage of a beau- 

 tiful variety of brilliant colours ; instances of credulity with 

 respect to this bird ; its nest, or rather hole, very different 

 from that described by the ancients ; feeds upon fish in that 

 hole ; foetid from the remains of fish ; the King-fisher is 

 found with from five to nine eggs, which the female con- 

 tinues to hatch ; though disturbed and robbed, she returns 

 and lays again; Reaumur's account of this ; season for ex- 

 cluding the brood ; the male, faithful beyond the turtle, 

 brings the female large provisions of fish, and keeps her 

 plump and fat ; he used to twitter before, now enters the 

 nest quietly and privately ; the young hatched in twenty 

 days ; differ in their size and beauty, iv. 4-32. 



Kircher has set the voices of some birds to music, iv. 118. 



Kite, from the greatest height darts down on its prey with 

 unerring aim, iv. 9. One of the baser race of hawks, 98. 

 Distinguished by its forky tail, and slow floating motion j 

 seems ever upon the wing, and to make no effort in flying ; 

 lives upon accidental carnage, every bird in the air being 

 able to make its retreat from it ; small birds wounded, or 

 straying chickens, it seizes with rapacity, 106. Used for 

 training falcons, and how lured with the great horned owl, 

 when caught for that purpose, 121. 



Klein, his method of classing animals, ii. 138. 



Knobber, name of the stag the second year, ii. 317. 



Knot, small bird of the crane kind, iv. 340. A bird of pas- 

 sage, 344. 



Kob, the name of the sixth variety of gazelles by M. Buffon, 

 ii. 283. 



Koba, the name of the fifth variety of gazelles by M. Buffon, 

 ii. 283. 



Kraken, all that has been said of this great fish seems ficti- 

 tious, yet there is a possibility of its existence, v. 33. 



