INDEX. 233 



Linnaeus, his nomenclature for birds, 140 seq. (170 seq.). 

 ,, on robins' food, &c. , 22, 23. 

 * ,, on the Arctic fairy, III. 



,V ;.> ., -, gi"ebe, loi. 



Lombardy, book on birds of, referred to, 87. 



London, starvation in, 139 (167). 



Loudon on dogwood berries, 22. 



Lout, etymology, meaning, and types of, 135 seq. {162 seq.). 



Luca della Robbia, fancy of, 13. 



Lucca, amount to see at, 123 (142) n. 



Man, different races of, 61. 



Manchester, Bishop of, author's reply to Contemporary Review, 



'February 1880, 126 (150). 

 Marouette, a meaningless word, 94, 96. 

 Marriage, the ' luxury ' of, 39-40. 

 Marshall, Mr. Victor (of Coniston), 113 (124). 

 Marshes, to be breeding-grounds for water birds, 118 (132). 

 Martin, sand and house, 64. 



144 (174)- 

 Martlet, different names for, 143 (172). 



,, meaning of, ib. {ib.). 

 Meinie, etymology of, p}-ef. 

 Melanogaster, or black ouzel, 90. 

 Menial, etymology of, pref. 

 Merula fontium, or torrent-ouzel, 89. 

 Mesange, French for titmouse, 36. 

 Michelet, on air in birds' boxes, 109. 



„ ,, swallow's grace, 48. 



,, ,, ' bird of return,' 51. 



Milton, ' Paradise Lost," on the Creation, 3. 



,, ,, ,, ' buzzard idol,' 8. 



,, ,, ,, ' come and help it as you go,' 94. 



Minden, battle of. Lord George Sackville at, 137 (165). 

 Monk, Coniston, 113 (124). 



More, Sir Thomas, philosophy of, 123 ;/. (145) n. 

 Morris, on Arctic fairy, 113 (123). 



,, ,, little grebe and its nest, 104, 106. 



,, ,, ,, ,, diving, 108. 



,, ,, phalarope (etym.), iii 71. 



