GENERAL INDEX. 



Bedouin Arab Haik, The, i, 76. | 

 Nomads, The, i, 78. 

 driven before the 



Fly, i, 78- 



Arabs, Aristocratic types 



of faces of, i, 441. 



and the Stranger, as 



the Guest of Allah, 



i. 443-44- 



Verses by a Marabout 

 on Nomadic life, i, 



442-43. 

 and American Indians 



contrasted, i, 440. 

 Beelzebub or the god of Flies, 



ii, 134- 



Berber, The desert city of, ii, 410. 

 Binocular Field glasses, iii, 200. 

 Binoculars with large field and 

 low power most 

 useful, iii, 201. 

 objections to high 



power glasses, iii, 200. 

 as nightglasses, iii, 288-9. 

 M Importance of, in botan- 



ical research, i, 223. 

 Importance of in jungle 



districts, i, 223. 



Birch Bark, Its value for many 

 domestic uses, ii, 

 162. 



Canoe, The Indian, 

 ii, 161, 163-64. 



The, as a scien- 

 tific invention, 

 ii, 165. 



Tree (The Canoe), ii, 161. 

 Trees in the Arctic Regions, 



ii, 162, 251. 

 Tree, The Arctic, What it 



teaches, ii, 252-54. 

 Bird Life, The Study of, iii, 358. 

 Birds, Total number of known 



species of, iii, 358. 

 as articles of food in a wild 



country, iii, 312. 

 and the habitations of man, 



"i, 324-330. 



which follow the spread of 

 Cultivation, iii, 322. 



Birds, of the Wilderness, which 

 shun the society of man, 

 iii, 392, 400. 

 which seek the society of 



man, iii, 322, 329. 

 as the friends of man, 



iii, 323, 329. 



Apparent scarcity of, in great 



forests, ii, 129; iii, 147,331. 



Alarms given by single 



birds, to flocks of, iii, 402. 



Scent withheld by, when 



alarmed, iii, 119-120. 

 Migrations of, iii, 373-83. 

 seeking refuge on Ships 



at sea, iii, 374'75- 

 Speed of the flight of Swift- 

 flying, ii, 299. 

 how they drink on ship 



board, iii, 375-76. 

 how they drink in desert 



regions, ii, 375. 



Migrations, Difficulties in 

 the observation 

 of, ii, 296-97. 



Punctuality of Ar- 



rivals of, ii, 298. 

 of British small, iii, 



373- 



of, in the Arctic 



Regions, ii, 285; 

 ii, 294. 



of, throughout great 



continents, ii, 295. 



on the Yenesay 



River, ii, 293. 

 on the Nile, iii, 



369, 380. 



at great altitudes, 



ii, 297 ; iii, 380, 



383- 



Nesting, Do not emit scent 

 during, iii, 1 19. 



of Prey, The larger species 

 scarce in forests, iii, 1 24. 



Telescopic sight of, 

 iii, 123. 



What they indi- 

 cate to Sportsmen, iii, 

 330. 



