236 INDEX. 



Robin, kinds of, red and blue breast, 9-10. 



migrations of, alone and at night, 18. 



motion of, legs and claws, 24 seq. 



mythology of, 35 seq. 



names for, in different books, 6, 141 (171). 



native country unknown, 16. 



no marked place in literature, 17. 



pugnacity, 23. 



red or redebreast, 141 (171). 



ouzel, 90. 

 Romaunt of the Rose, " M'enneion, e'l buzacador," 8. 



See s. Chancer. 

 Rotten Row, 138 (165). 

 Rottingdean, Arctic fairy at, 113 (123). 

 Rouen, spitting in the cathedral ! 134 (161). 

 Ruddock on robin. See s. Robin, Shakspeare. 

 Rutila familiaris or robin, 141 (171). 



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

 Sail, lateen, the most beautiful, 65 seq. 

 ,, swallow's wing and, compared, 66. 

 Saint Bernard, his sermons, pref. 



,, Francis of Assisi, bit of his cloak, 132 (158). 



, , , , , , sermons of, pref. 



,, George, schools of, bird nomenclature in, 140 (170). 



,, John, Mr., on the phalarope, iii. 

 Salmon, Mr., on the phalarope, 112 (122). 

 Samite, etymology of, 152 (189). 

 Sandpipers, 92, loi, 116 (129). 



,, runners, loi. 



Scansores, family of, 82. 



Science, author has never praised but one book of, 65. 

 ,, nomenclature of, /r^ 

 ,, rivalry among men of, 65 «. 

 Scott, Sir W., his horse Brown Adam, 138 (166). 



, , , , Dandle Dinmont and Dumple, i5. (ii. ). 



,, ,, bird and bantling (Lord Derby's crest), 39. 



Scurvy, meaning of, 133-4 (i^o seq.). 

 Seagull, flight of the, 71. 

 Seed, animals eating (birds and mice), 21. 



