INDEX, 



Accentor alpinus, 90 



modularis, 88 

 Accentor alpine, 90 

 hedge, 88 

 Accipiter nisus, 24 

 Agelaius phceniceus, 244 

 Alauda alpestris, 171 



arbor ea, 179 



arvensis, 175 

 Alcedo ispida, 314 

 Alpine Accentor, 90 

 Alpine Swift, 346 

 Ainmer yellow, 196 

 American meadow Starling, 245 

 American mottled Owl, 44 

 Anthus arboreus, 166 



obscurus, 1 69 



pratensis, 167 



ricardi, 168 



nipestris, 171 

 Aquila chrysaetus, 4 

 Archibuteo lagopus, 29 

 Ash-coloured Harrier, 35, 39 

 Astur palumbarius, 23 



B 



Barbary Partridge, 405 



Barn Owl, 51 



Barr "William, jun., hawking near 



Norwich, 15 

 " Battue" shooting, defence of, in 



moderation, 370 

 Bearded Titmouse, 150 

 Bee-eater, 313 



Birdcatchcrs, practical knowledgeof, 178 

 Birds all do not pair in summer, 253 



attracted in large numbers by 

 any accidental abundance of 

 food, 353 



Birds deformed beaks in, 11, 184, 



239, 276 

 difficulty of distinguishing certain 



notes of, 126 

 hens assuming cock's plumage, 



369 

 how to recognise by flight or 



other actions, 129 

 imitating notes of others, 109, 



128, 147 

 instrumental in transporting 



seeds by means of their feet 



and bills, 416 

 killed against telegraph wires, 



11, 51, 54, 427 

 killed against light-houses, 11, 



43, 135, 178, 198, 200, 251 

 large number of eggs laid by 



some, 295 



migration of, observed at sea, 93 

 migration of, arrested by strong 



head winds, 187 

 perching on telegraph wires, 



337, 342 

 plumage of, affected by food 



in confinement, 179, 224, 



231, 234 

 plumage of continental examples 



brighter than insular ones, 



222, 234 



protection of rare and orna- 

 mental species desirable, 73, 



152, 233, 300, 315, 381, 



403 

 remarkable instinct of some, 



260, 262, 265 

 small, migration of, in large 



numbers, 232, 281 

 trustworthy as weather-guides, 



92 

 used for table, and prices of in 



olden times, 361, 362 



