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INDEX. 



Concha, F, 39 



Corftcias garrulfi, F. 1S1 



Cormorant poisoned, F. 159; quick 

 vision of, F. 27 



Corncrake, anecdote of, F. 221 



Corvus comix, A. 44, 215, 11.306, 

 350 



Corvus corax, A. 216 



Corvus corona, A. 215 ; F. 152 



Corvus Jrugilegus, A. 215 



Corvus monedula, Linnaeus, A. 43; 

 F. 2? 



Corvus prcedatorius, F. 72 



Coturnix major, Brisson, F. 8 



Courage of birds of prey, F. 147 



Covering in nests, probable design 

 of, A. 307 



Cow-bird, similar in habit to the 

 cuckoo, A. 881 ; testimony of Wil- 

 son respecting, A.382 ; testimony 

 of Dr.Potter of Baltimore respect- 

 ing, A. 386 



Crane, H. 40. Jig. 



Cranes, leader of, II . 39 



Craterina Hirundinis, Olfers.H.20 



Creator, proofs of his perfections 

 derived from the study of orni- 

 thology, F. 308 ; from "the struc- 

 ture of birds, F. 310; from adap- 

 tations of structure to faculties, 

 F. 311 ; from means of preserving 

 life, F. 312 ; from strength of vision 

 in some birds, F. 313; of hearing 

 in others, F. 314; from the struc- 

 ture of the human hand, F. 315; 

 from adaptations of bodily powers 

 to instincts and mental capaci- 

 ties, F. 31 6 



Creeper, bill of, F. 108 



Creeper and nest, F. 109 



Crested penguin, nest of, similar to 

 that of the alligator, A. 121 ; ma- 

 sonry of. A. 120 



Crop of birds,, F. Ill 



Crowned pigeon of Africa, H. 246, 

 Ji(j. 



Crow, sparrow, and stork courts, 

 II. 37 



Crura. F. 89 



Cryptorldnia, F. 74 



Ctfckoo, A. 373, Jig. ; difficulty of 

 introducing the eggs of in domed 

 nests, A. 376 ; testimony of Wil- 

 lughby, respecting, A. 362 ; ex- 

 periments respecting by Mont- 

 beillard, A. 365 ; anecdote of, 

 from Klein, A. 364 ; improbable 

 statement of Linna?us respecting, 

 A. 364; nests in which it lays, 

 A. 373; mistake of Montbi-ilhird 

 respecting, 369 ; testimony of 

 Colonel Montagu respecting, A. 



368; mistakes of Aristotle and 

 Pliny on, accounted for, A. 368 ; 

 Dr. Jenner's observations on, A. 

 366 ; egg of, A. 357 ; testimony of 

 Mr. Blackwall respecting, A. 

 ofii) ; taken for a hawk and for a 

 pigeon, A. 359 ; proved to have 

 her eggs hatched by other birds, 

 A. 362; testimony of Aristotle 

 and Pliny respecting, A, 363 



Cuculus auratus, Gmelin, A. 377 



Cuculus hepaticus, Lath, A. 359 



Cuculus melanoleucos, Temminck, 

 A. 378 



Cuculus rufus. Brisson, A. 359 



Cudworth, his opinion on instinct, 

 F.297 



Culex, F. 212 



Curruca arundinacea, Brisson, A. 

 235 



Curruca cinerea, Brisson, F. 91 ; II. 

 269 



Curruca garrula, H. 318 



Curruca locustella, Fleming, H.126 



Curruca salicaria, Brisson, A. 235, 

 237,11.313 



Cuvier, outline of the system of, A. 

 13; his opinion that instinct de- 

 pends on innate ideas, F. 304 



Cuvier, Hunter, and Kircher's re- 

 marks, 11.236 



Cynips Tliymi? H. 68 



Cygnus Bcwickii, Yarrel, II. 234 ; 

 trachea of, H. 234, Jig. 



Cygnus Jerus, Ray. A. 71, II. 231, 

 234 



Cygnus mansuetus, Ray, II . 233 



Cygnus olor, A. 71 



Cjjgni, F. 97 



Cynipidce, A. 139 



Cypselus murarius, Temminck, A. 

 '335; H.207, F. 215 



Cypselus pdasgius, Latham, A. 286, 

 296 



Cypselus, Illiger, F. 260 



Dabchick, nest of moist grass, A. 

 68 



Dartford warbler, nest of, A. '233 



Darwin and Gloger's theories re- 

 specting eggs, II . 123 



Darwin, theory of, 11.249 ; his opi- 

 nions concerning instinct, F. Sd)i 



Datura stramonium, F. 174 



Demoiselle heron, F. 202 



JJiablotins, A. 34 



Dioncoa muscipula, F. 277 



Dipper or water-crow, nest of, A. 

 323 



Diptera, H. 26 



Disappearance of foster mother's 

 eggs, A. 388 



