GENERAL INDEX 



TO 



THE THREE VOLUMES 

 COMPLETING THE SUBJECT OF ORNITHOLOGY. 



The Roman Capitals indicate the different Volumes. A, Architecture of 

 Birds ; H, Habits of Birds ; and F. Faculties of Birds, 



Aberdevine and nest, H. IS, Jig. 

 Aberdevine, goldfinch, and canary, 



II. 78 



Abrcuvoir of the continent, II. 10 

 Accentor modularis, Bechstein, A. 



5; II. 62, 120, 126, 266, 267, 293, 



315,336; F. 198 

 Accipcnser Huso, A. 290 

 Accipenser RuUenus, A. 290 

 Accipiterfringillarius, Ray, A. 351 

 Accipitcr musicus, Daurlin, H.306 

 Acer Pseudo-platanu^, A. 268 

 Ai:kernntia Atropos. A. 93 

 Achillea asplenifolia, Pers., A. 245 

 Addison, observations by, on in- 

 stinct, F. 297 

 Adjutant, gastric glands of, F. 155 ; 



stomach opened, F. 1 55, .///;. 

 African basket-making birds, A. 



223 

 African cuckoo supposed to carry 



her egg in her bill, A. 376 

 Agarici, H. 363 



Age, physical causes of, II. 340 

 Agelaus phcenicceus, A. 207 

 A'grostis, A.31Q 

 Alarm notes, H. 247 

 Alauda arbor ea, H. 267 

 Alauda arvensis, A. 53 

 Alauda Fossar, A. 53 

 Albinos, F. 3 

 Albertus Magnus, experiment by, 



F. 133 



Albumen, H. 109 

 Alcedo, F. 94 



Alcedo Alcyon, A. 48, 49, 54 

 Alcedn Ispida, Linn., A. 45. 47 ; F. 



170, 216 

 Aldrovand's bernacle - goose tree, 



II.372,./fy. 



Aldrovand's description of a mag- 

 pic's nest, A. 331 

 Alcjjrodes cheledonii, Latreille, F. 



211. 



Alni, A. 387 

 Alosa clupea, F. 52 

 American basket-making birds, A. 



211 



American blue bird, habits of, from 



Wilson, A. 344 



American blue jay, A. 200, Jl ij. 

 American chimney - swallow, ce- 

 mented nest of, A. 286 ; singular 

 habits of the young, A. 288 

 American cliff-swallow, A. 97 

 American contrivances, A. 342 

 Americans fond of the osprey, A. 



183 

 American house-wren expels the 



downy woodpecker, A. 347 

 American mocking-bird, A. 202 

 American night-hawk, nestling of, 



A. 361 



American song-birds, H. 302 

 American stilt, singular nest of, A. 



69 



Analogues, theory of, F. 98 

 Anas bernida, Willugbby, H. 362 

 Anas Boschus, F. 97 

 Anas brenta, Willughby, II. 363 

 Anas leucopsis, Temminck, H.362 

 Anas moschata, H. 4 

 Anas Sponsa, Linn., A. 77 

 Anatidce, Leach, F. 74, 97 

 Andrena, A. 36 

 Anecdote from Hector St. John, A. 



349; from M. Antoine, F. 71; 



from Ord, H. 34; from Wilson, 



11.32; of hatching, from Pliny 



and Reaumur, H. 132 ; of th ^ 



phoenix, from Pliny, H.362; of 



Smellie, H. 219; of a tame blue 



jay, A. 199 



Anorthura Mdon, 11.205 

 Anort/mra communis, H. 49, 62, 26G 

 Anser Gambensis, H. 164 

 Anthidium manicatum.'Foibi'., A. 112 

 Anthophora, A. 36 

 Anthophora retusa, Linn., A. 91 

 Anthropoides Virgo. Vieillot, A. 



188; F. 202,^. 

 Ant/ius pratensis, Temminck, A. 



364, 372 ; H. 67 

 Anthus rupestris, Wilson, H. 67 

 Antipathy of rooks to the raven, A. 



222 



