2 30 INDEX. 



Feathers, nature of, 28 seq. 

 , , parts of, 30 seq. 

 ,, swallow's wings, 72-3. 

 Feet, classification of birds by their, 81 seq. 

 Fenelon's philosophy, 123 71. (145) n. 

 Fern-owl or night-jar, 147 {178). 

 Finches, 88. 



Fish, darting motion of, 47. 

 ,, motion of, 64. 

 ,, swallow's likeness to, 62. 

 Fissi-rostres, family of birds so called, 45. 

 Flamingo, Greek Phoenix, 18. 

 Flight of birds, its conditions, 46 seq. 



,, ,, large and small, 71. 



,, the problem of, 65 seq. and n. 

 Fly, swift motion of a, 42. 

 '' , , number of flies eaten by a swallow, 43. 

 Fly-catchers (swallow), motion of, 42. 

 Ford, Mr., drawings of South African birds, 147, 180. 

 Forfar, dogwood in, 22. 

 Form, analysis of, plan, profile, section, 31. 

 Francia, picture of animals for Duke of Urbino, 14. 

 Furness Abbey, ruin of its ruins, 138 (165). 

 Furs, use of, 132 (159). 



Gambling, 134 (161). 



Gannet, descent on water, 154 (193). 



Geneva, Lake of, boats and sails on, 66. 



Gesner's nomenclature of birds, 140 seq. (170 seq.). 



Ghiberti's gates, birds on, 13-14. 



Gibbons, Grinling, carving of birds, jj. 



Girdles, embroidery of, proposed, 148 (182). 



Goat-suckers, 88. 



Gobemouche, 45. 



Golden eagle, 7. 



Goose, 88. 



Gould, ' Birds of Great Britain,' 10. 



,, criticised, now he is dead, 87. 



,, nomenclature, 140 seq. (170 seq.). 



