2 34 INDEX. 



Murray's Guide, on Lucca, 123 n. (142) v. 

 Music, modern, meaningless, 123 «. (141) n. 



Natural History, author's works on, pref. 



, , , , Englishmen have done little in , 3. 



,, ,, mythology of animals, 35. 



,, ,, rareness of accui'acy in modern, 48 71. 



Nest, floating, of grebes, 103-4. 

 Night-jar, 147 seq. (178 seq.). 



,, means 'churr,' 147 (179). 



,, story of its goat-sucking, ib. {ib.). 



Nightingale, Aristophanes on, 38. 



OiSE.\u, demoiselle connected with, 38. 

 Ornithology, modern, ridiculed, 4 seq. 



,, nomenclature of, 5, 7. 



Ouzels, English, Swiss, and Norwegian, 90. 

 ,, fond of manufactories, 92. 



M lily. 93-97- 



torrent, 89, 148 (181). 

 ,, under water action, 91, 100. 

 Owl, swallow connected with, 57, 88. 

 ,, ,, resembles, 62. 



Paolo degli Uccelll See s. Uccello. 

 Paradise, bird of, its tail, 64. 



,, 87. 

 Parliament, modern, and in Milton's time, 8 



,, ,, its 'scurvy talk,' 135 (162). 



Parrot, beak and colour of, 82. 

 ,, history of, in Europe, 37. 

 ,, scansores or climbers, 82. 

 Passer, Latin for sparrow, 2, 17. 

 Peacock, all neck and tail, 30. 

 , , feather of, 34. 

 ,, tail of, its use, 64. 

 Pegasus, symbolism of, 138 (166). 

 Pettigrew, Dr., on the 'wing,' 65. 

 Phalarope, derivation of, in n. 



