INDEX. 



Anecdote of a collection of trained 

 gold-finches, linnets, and cana- 

 ries, 187 



Angora cat, the, and robin, 147 



Argus pheasant, the, 251 



Barn, the, or white owl, 89 



Bee-eater, the, 228 



Birds of prey, 47 95 



Birds, habits, etc. of parental 

 love, 15; fear, 16; sympathy and 

 fellow-feeling, 18 ; joy and play- 

 fulness, 20; emulation, 21; va- 

 nity and self-love, 23; sagacity, 

 24; language, communication, 

 28; social impulse, 33; confidence 

 in man, 40 



Bird's nest, a, Pennant's lines on, 

 142 



Black-cap warbler, 157 



.Blackheaded bunting, the, 177 



Black grouse, 255 



Blue tit, the, 168 



Bulfinch, 189 ; amusing note on its 

 destructiveness, 190 



Bunting, the common, 176 



Buntings, the, 174, et seq. 



Bustard, the great, 274 



Butcher birds, 96, et seq. 



Buzzard, the, 80 



Capercailzie, the, or cock of the 



wood, 253 

 Carrier pigeon, 241; instances of 



power of speed in, 242 



Carrion crow, 115 



Cat, a, and a kestrel, curious tale of, 



75 



Chaffinch, the, 181 

 Chats, the, 164, et seq. 

 Chiff-chaff, the, 159 

 Chimney swallow, the, 208. 

 Chough, the, 124 

 Climbing birds, the, 216, et 



seq. 

 Cockney sparrow and the keeper of 



an early breakfast-stall, 197 

 Conical beaked perchers, 172, et 



seq. 



Crow, the, 114, et seq. 

 Crows, the, 111, et seq. 

 Cuckoo, the, 224 



Dipper, the, 106 

 Domestic pigeons, 241 

 Doves, 232, et seq. 

 Duck, the, its origin, 9 



Eagle, the, 48, et seq.; British 

 species, 55; Job's poetical des- 

 cription of, 64 



Falcon tribe, the, 48, et seq. 

 Falconry, 71, et seq. 

 Falcons, the true, 70, et seq. 

 Fallow chat, the, 165 

 Fieldfare, the, 105 

 Finches, the, 180, et seq. 

 Firecrested wren, the, 149 

 Fishing-hawk, the, 67 



