INDEX. 



319 



Apis mellijica, A. 93 



Apucynum Cannabinum, Linn., A. 



92' 



-Apoda, F. 213 

 Aptcnodytes chrysocome, Linn., A. 



120 

 Aptenodytes demersa, Latham, A. 



38. 

 Aptenodytes Patachonica, Latham, 



A. 37 



Apas, Bclon, F. 215 

 Aquila bellicosa, A. 167 

 Aguila chrysacta, Ray, A. 171, 



175 ; F. 138, 140 

 Aquila chrysaetos, Klein, H. 49 

 Aquila chrysautas, Aldrov., F. 6, 8 

 Ara ararauna, F. 99 

 Arctomys Bobac, H. 56 

 Arctomys marmota, H. 56 

 Ardea candidissima, A. 192 

 Ardeu cinerea, Linn., A. 87 

 Ardea. egretttt, A. 183 

 Ardea Herodias, A. 139 

 Ardea stellaris, H. 239 

 Aristotle's account of golden eagle 



confirmed, A. 174 

 Aristotle and Plinv's remarks, F. 



144 



Aroma, F. 61 



Artificial mothers, H. 184, Jig. 

 Artificial mother, improved, H. 185, 



fig- 



Artificial mother for water-fowl, H. 



188, Jig. 



A run do arenaria, A. 72 

 Asperula odorata, A. 324 

 Assistance rendered by the male 



capocier, A. 282 

 A slur palumiarius, Bechstein, F. 



147 



Atricapilla, H. 237 

 Audubon's narrative of the bird of 



Washington, A. 177 

 Audubon's facts respecting the 



humming-bird, F. 173 

 Autumnal and winter songs, H. 



267 

 Avoset, bill of, F.I 06 



Baker-bird of America, A. 131 



Balcenoptera Boops, F. 231 



Bald eagle partial to cataracts, A. 



171 



Baltimore starlings, A. 246, 248,.,% 

 Bank swallow, A. 17 ; accused of 

 robbing the kingfisher, A. 25; 

 at Charlton, A. 334 ; head of, A. 

 19, .//#. ; mining of, A. 18 ; so- 

 ciality of, A. 23 

 Barbary ape, want of ingenuity in, 



F. 203 

 Barn -swallow, A, llQ,Jig. ; enticed 



bv tho Americans to build, A. 



no 



Barn-swallows, pair of (Wilson's 

 account of), A. Ill 



Bar tram's account of alligator cor- 

 rected by Descourtilz, A. 122 



Basket-making birds, A. 231 



Basket-work of lichens, A. 210 



Baya, nests of, A. 227 



Bearded eagle or vulture, or lam- 

 mer geyer, H. 3^1, Jig. 



Bedding of chips in some nests, A, 

 152 



Bee-eater, A. 17 ; mining of, A. 26 



Bell's (Sir C.) remarks onthe buoy- 

 ancy of birds, F. 238 



Bell's (Sir C.) and Dr. J. Young's 

 theories of vision, F. 9 



Belon's account of the old French 

 heronries, A. 185 



Belted kingfisher, A. 49,/y. 



Bernacle goose, H. 363, Jig. ; true 

 history of before the year 1280, 

 H. 373; ocular witnesses of the 

 fabulous origin of, 11.363 ; origin 

 of the legends of, H. 375 ; Ge- 

 rard's ii'.'iireof, H. 359, Jig. black 

 goose, H. 362 



Bernacle shell, IT. 376,^%. 



Berneray, island of, frequented by 

 four species of birds, F. 250 



Blgnonia radicans, F. 174 



Bill in geese and ducks, F. 196 



Bill pouch of pelican, F. 162 



Bill scale, II. 163 



Bird at rest, according to Borelli, 

 F. 228, Jig. ; anatomy of the leg 

 of, F. 229, fig. 



Birds, air-bones of, according to 

 Blumenbach, F. 234; air-cells 

 of, discovered by Harvey, F. 233 ; 

 and nests, description of in Bul- 

 lock's and the British Museum, 

 A. 302; and quadrupeds, male 

 parents of, 70 ; bristles or whis- 

 kers of, F. 181 ; carnivorous taste 

 of, F. 136; climbing, F. 226; 

 crop or craw in, F. Ill; de 

 scribed as mechanics by Aristo- 

 phanes, A. 9; diffusion of seeds 

 by, F. 114; digestion of bones 

 by, F. 156; dreams of, 11.315; 

 employ the materials they can 

 most easily find, A. 269 ; enticed 

 to build about houses, A. 340; 

 tact in, F. 193; flight of, F. 231 ; 

 footless, F. 213; fond of bright 

 objects, F. 25 ; grain swallowed 

 whole by, F. 110; gianivorous, 

 taste of, F. 110 ; hearing of, F. 

 29 ; imitation and mimicry of, H. 

 316; insectivorous, taste of, F, 

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