370 IK 



Hang-nests, 15. 



Honey guide, 17. 



Ostrich, 16. 



Pelican, 17. 



Pensile warbler, 15. 



Razorbill, 17. 



Secretary eagle, 18. 



Weaving finches, 15. 



Wren, 16. 



Birds, motions of, 97. Exemplified 

 in- 

 Auks, grebes, &c., 104. 



Buzzard, 98. 



Dabchicks, moorhens, and 

 coots, 100. 



Frigate bird, 101. 



Geese and cranes, 100. 



Henharrier, 98. 



Hummingbird, 93. 



Kertree, 98. 



Owls, 98. 



Parrots and woodpeckers, 104. 



Penguin, 193 



Pigeons, 98. 



Ravens, 98. 



Swallow, 101. 



Tropic bird, 101. 



Woodpeckers, magpies, and 



jays, 98. 

 passions exemplified in 



Bluebeltied parrakeet, 67. 



Butcher-bird, 68. 



Drongo shrikes, 68. 



Eagle, 68. 



Eider-duck, 6?. 



Flycatcher, 68. 



Hen, 65. 



Humming-birds, 69. 



Lark, 68. 



Love parrot, 65. 



Partridge, 66. 



Raven, 65. 



Ring plover, 66. 



Sheldrake, 67. 



Titmouse, 66. 

 , perfect societies of, 291. 



Republican grosbeak, 291. 

 Boa, young, killed by the author, 



195. 

 Bombyx caterpillar, gold-tailed, 



habitations of, 296. 

 Brown moth of South America de- 

 posits its young on the human 

 body, 220. 

 Buffalo of India, anecdote of false 



instinct in, 38. Courage of, 75. 

 Buffaloes, instance of their haired 



of red, 187. 

 Butterflies, migration of, 265. 



Cat, anecdote of sagacity in, 28. 

 Caterpillars, tent-making, 296 



Cetaceous animals, defences ot, 13ft 

 Whales, 139. Narwhal, 140. 



Chegoe, mode of extraction of, 211. 



Chelonian reptiles, development of 

 senses in, 43. 



Cobra di capello, 197. 



Condor, tenacity of life in, 142. 



Courage of the Indian buffalo, 75. 



Cowardice of the tiger, 79. 



Crabs and lobsters, their mode of 

 casting their shells, 124. Swift- 

 ness of a Brazilian crab, 124. 



Crabs, land, migration of, 267. 



Cruelty, exemplifications of, in car. 

 nivorous animals, 87. 



Cuckoo, nestling, instinct of, 19. 



Cuttlefish, gallantry of, 64. Sup- 

 posed to be dangerous to swim- 



D. 



Damask parrot, sportive assem- 

 blages of, 277. 



Dampier, sufferings of, from the 

 Indian threadworm, 21& 



Death, miserable, of a French no. 

 bleman, from parasitic Acari, 209. 



Defence, means of, possessed by 

 animals, 126. Quadrupeds, 128. 

 Birds, 141. Reptiles, 144. Fishes, 

 146. Insects, 1.50. Mollusca. 



Dobsonville, sufferings of, from the 

 Indian threadworm, 218. 



Dog, instance of memory, 37. 



Dysentery occasioned by the swal- 

 lowing of minute Acari in water 

 208. 



Economic field mouse, migration 

 of, 249. 



Eggs, sagacity of nut weevil and 

 Scarabceus sacer in depositing, 30. 



Elephant, docility and sociability 

 of, 76. Instances of memory in, 

 36. Sagacity of, in extricating 

 himself from a swamp, 22. De- 

 coy, astonishing development of 

 instinct in, 24. 



F. 



Fakirs of India, tigers tamed by, 81. 

 Fascination in the eyes of snakes, 



anecdotes of, 46. 

 Filaria medinensis, injuries from, 



and mode of extraction, 217. 

 Filial affection of the American 



bison, 74. 



Fishes, defences of 

 Cat fish, 149. 



