INDEX. 



321 



Cancer pedatus, F. 101 



Cants lagopus, Linnaeus, A. 73 



CapeUaccel-estis.H. 246 



Capocier of Africa, II . 72 ; nest of, 

 A. 284,Jig. 



Cape rook, F, 178 



Cape- tit and nest, A. 272, fig. 



Capons, experiments on, H. 181 ; 

 training of as nurses, H. 177 



Caprimulfius Europ&us, A. 356, 359, 

 360 



Caprimulgus Virginianus, A. 361 



Caprimulgus vociferus, A. 361, 362 



Carabidce, A. 102 



Carbo cormoranus, Meyer, F. 27,74, 

 85,159 



Carduelis communis, Cuvier, A. 268, 

 269 



Car due /is elegans, H. 219 



Carduelis spinus, Brisson, H. 78, 

 121,261 



Carduelis tristis, A. 279. 280 



Carnivorous birds, F. 136 



Carolina pigeon, A. 162 



Carpenter, term applied to several 

 species, A. 132 



Carpenteros, A. 132 



Carrion birds, circular flight of, F. 

 17 ; concourse of, F. 18 ; smell 

 in, F. 62 



Carrion crow, gizzard of, F. 152 



Carrier pigeon, F. 13 



Cassowary, F. 130, jig. 



Casuarius Emeu, Lesson, F. 129 



Cat, anecdote of, F. 200 ; ibnd of 

 warmth, F. 199 ; wild and domes- 

 tic, difference between, F. 201; 

 wild and domestic, tails of, F. 

 SOI, Jig. 



Catesby, his remarks on the mi- 

 gration of birds, F. 269 



Cat-marin, F. 219 



Githarista aura, Vieillot, H. 30, 45 



Catharista urubu, Vieillot, H. 30 



Catkartes aura, llliger, F. 68 



Cathartesnrubu, F. 69 



Cedar bird, A. 213, .Jig. 



Cement used by birds, A. 285 ; se- 

 creted by glands in the bird, A. 



Ccncontlatotli, 11.325 

 Cerebrum, H. 359 

 Certhia, F. 108; F. 226 ; II. 205 

 Certhiafamiliaris, F. 108 

 Chaffinch, a flycatcher, F. 183 ; 



felted nest of, A. 262 ; seed-eating 



of, F. 184 



Chaffinch and dunnock, H.293 

 Chaffinches and tomtits, 11.202 

 Chaffinch, netit of, on an elder-tree, 



A. 265 

 Chiff-chaff, nest of, A. 313 



Chain of nests in a chimney, A. 115 

 Chantin falcon, H. SffJ.Jig. 

 C/iaradrius pluvialis, Temminck,H. 



41 



Chlurops, F. 5 

 Chick, evolution of, H. 147 ; glued 



to the shell, H. 173 

 Chimney-swallow,sometimes builds 



in wells and coal-pits, A. 113 

 Chinchilla lanigera, F. 198 

 Chipping of eggs, H. 170 

 Chorum, H. 157 



Chuck-will's widow, H. 16, Jig. 

 Cicatricula, H. 108, 148 

 Ciconia arqala, Temminck, F. 224 ; 



F. 155, 'fig. 



Ciconiaalba, Belon, A. 342 

 Cime.v lectularius, H. 20 

 Cinclus aquaticua, Bechstein, A. 47 



323, II. 313, F. 216, A, 47 

 Circus pj/dargus, Fleming, F. 146 

 Clangulaylacialis, Fleming, A. 7 1>7 2 

 Clapper rail, A. 322 

 Claviculus, H. 231 

 Claviculee.Y. 139, F. 189 

 Claws, serrated, of herons and 



nightjars, II . 14 



Cleanliness of birds, habits of, H. 1 

 Cleaning instrument, H.24, Jig. 

 Cliff-swallow, nest of, A. 98, Jig. 

 Cochlea, H.283 

 Cochlea and semicircular canal, ex- 



ternal view of, F. 37, Jig. 

 Coclilea, sections of, F. 37, Jig. 

 Cocc.inella, F. 184 

 Cock-lighting, H. 103 

 Coccus Cratcpgi, Fabricius, 11.60 

 Culaptes auratus, Swainson, A. 142 

 Cole,optera, F. 174 

 Colonel O'Kelly's grey parrot, II. 



337 



Cokmrs, use of, II. 118 

 Colour of eggs, objections to the 



theories of Darwin and Gloger, 



II. 126 



Coluber constrictor, A. 151 

 Coluber nat ri.c, Linnaeus, A. 63,314 

 Columba livia, Brisson, A. 160 

 Columba Carolinensis, A. 162 

 Columba inirjratoria, A. 162 ; F. 13 

 Columba anas, A. 160 

 Columba palumbus, Linnaeus, A. 157, 



161,196 



Columba turtur, A. 159 

 Columba tabellaria, Ray, F. 12 

 ColymU, F. 27 

 Colymbus glacialis, F. 219 

 Cotymbus troile, H. 122 

 Condor, H. 48 ; attacking a puma, 



Concealment of the nest of sonsr- 

 thiush,A. 123 



