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INDEX. 



173 : kill their insect prey, F. 

 175; language of, II. '247; loco- 

 motive faculties of, F. 212 ; lon- 

 gevity of, H. 340; music, keys of, 

 H. 305} mechanism of the voice 

 in, II. 225 ; of Paradise, opin- 

 ions respecting, F. 214 ; of prey, 

 Albertus Magnus' classification 

 of, F. 144 ; of prey, courage 

 of, F. 147 ; of prey, gullet 

 in, F. 138 ; pairing of, H. 69 ; 

 piscivorous, taste of, F. 158 ; pro- 

 bable explanation of mocking in, 

 H. 319; solitary and gregarious 

 at different seasons, H. 65; soli- 

 tary and gregarious on account 

 of food, H. 27 ; solitary o; grega- 

 rious on account of shelter, II. 

 54 ; songs of, H.260, 290 ; touch 

 of, F. 187 ; very skilful in basket- 

 making, A. 195; vision of, F. 1 ; 

 vocal organs in, H. 225; vocal 

 organs in, according to Heris- 

 sant, H, 235 ; walking of, F. 213 ; 

 water, feet of, in the act of swim- 

 ming F. 227,7 1 V- White' s remarks 

 on the walk of, F, 226, migration 

 of, F. 248 ; appearance and dis- 

 .ippearance of, conjectures con- 

 cerning, F. 253; their agitation at 

 the period of migration, F. 277; 

 the construction and faculties of 

 prove the existence and intel- 

 ligence of the Deity, F. 308 



Bittern, call-note of, II. 239 ; boom- 

 ing of, H. 99 



Blackbird, anomalous nest of, A. 

 80 ; egg, H. 127 ; nest of, A. 130, 

 Jig. ; thrush, and starling, roost- 

 ing of, II. 61. 



Blackcap, H. 75, Jig. ; and fau- 

 vette, F. 134 ; roosting of, F. 198 



Blackcap's egg, H. 123 



Black grouse, H. 91 



Black hairs as often used as white 

 in nests, A. 243 



Black-headed bunting, mistakes 

 respecting corrected by facts, A . 

 237 



Blackwall's estimation of the num- 

 ber of cuckoos in England, and 

 the number of eggs they annually 

 destroy, A. 374 



Black vulture, F. 69 ; and turkey 

 buzzard, H. 31, Jig. 



Blagre and bald buzzard, F. 166 



Blainville's theory objected to, F. 



Blue-hawk or hen-harrier, A. 87 

 Blue-jay, II. 323; character of, 



from Wilson, A. 198 ; nest of, A. 



197 



Blue-macaw, palate of, F. 104, Jig.; 

 teeth of, F. 166,.//#. 



Blue-petrel, nests of, A. 34 



Blumenbach and Hunter's opi- 

 nions, F. 125 



Bole ti, II. 363 



Bombus ntuscorum, Latr., A.314 



Bombycilla Caroliensis, Britson, A. 

 212 



Bonana starling, A. 258 



Borrera furfuracea, A. 410 



Botaurus, H.239 



Bottle-nest sparrow of Hindostan, 

 A. 226 



Bottle-tit, A. 332, Jig.-, contest for 

 places among, II. 60 ; nest of, A. 

 330 ; process of building, A . 309 ; 

 varieties in the materials em- 

 ployed by, A. 310 



Bradley 's calculations, H. 203 



Breeding place of the little white 

 heron, A. 192 ; of the night heron, 

 A. 190; of the great heron, A. 

 189 



Brehm, M.,his observations on the 

 migration of birds, F. 285 



British song birds, comparative 

 table of the excellence of, H. 290 



Broderip's toucan, F. 65 



Brown, Dr. T., theory of, F. 55 



Bruce's account of the phoenix, H. 

 359 



Bud-eating birds, F. 185 



Buffon and Plato's remarks, F. 136 



Buffon, theory of, respecting Ame- 

 rican birds, H. 297 ; fanciful state- 

 ments of, with respect to instinct, 

 F. 294 



Building of clapper-rail, A . 322 



Bulbus aortce, H. 150 



Bulfinch, nest of, A. 202,.,%. ; bud- 

 eating of, F. 185 



Burrowing-owl, A. 43, Jig. ; account 

 of by Say and Charles Bona- 

 parte, A. 39, 40 



Bustards, assemblage of, II. 97 ; 

 fleetness of, F. 224 ; solvent 

 glands of, F. 154 



Butcher-bird, H. 257 ; singular 

 habit of, A. 3 ; nest of, A. 4 



Buteo vulgaris, Fleming, F. 148 



Butor, singularly formed windpipe 

 of, H. 245, Jig. 



Buzzard, F. US, Jig. 



Calluma vulfjaris, Hooker, F. 209 



Canary, aberdevine, and goldfinch, 

 H. 78 



Canary's eggs, H. 121 ; nest of, A. 

 Vll'Jig.', nest of, in a green- 

 house, A. 270 



Cancer oculatus, F. 101 



