INDEX. 



Diseases in a state of nature, H. 



342 

 Dog and ass, singular journeys of, 



F. 16 



Domestication of stockdove, A. 161 

 Double opening of magpie's nest, 



accidental, A. 325 

 Down, elasticity of, A. 75 ; plucked 



off by the female eider duck, 



A. 74 

 Downy woodpecker, A. 140, Jig, 



carpentry of, A. 147; carrying off 



chips for concealment, A. 147 

 Draba verna, F. 18:2 

 Drainage, alleged, of the sky-lark, 



A. 58 



Dreams of birds, H. 315 

 Dromic.eius Novce Hullandice, Vieil- 



lot, F. 130 

 Drosicr's account of petrels' nests, 



A. 32 

 Duck, skull of, showing the fifth 



pair of nerves and the edge of 



the lower jaw, F. 196, fig. 

 Duckbill and seal, F. 195 

 Ducks hatched by a barn -door hen, 



A. 355 



Dunlin, H. 53, Jig. 

 Duunock and chaffinch, H. 293 



Eagle and lynx, vision of, F. 1 



Eagle, pelican, and raven, H.345 



Eagle standards of nations, II. 

 47 



Eagles carrying off children, II. 

 199 ; combat of with thrushes, F. 

 148 ; eyes of, F. 22, jig. ; fabulous 

 account of, H. 348 ; as king of 

 birds, H. 46 



Ear, drum of, F. 35 



Ear in birds, drum of, F. 47, Jig. ; 

 bones of, F. 35, Jig. ; labyrinth 

 of, F. 37 ; in nocturnal birds, F. 

 40 ; structure of, F. 32 ; of owl, 

 structure of, F. 46, Jig. ; general 

 structure of, F. 33, Ji'g. 



Eckinidcc, A. 51 



Echinus esculentus, A. 51, 52 



Egg, air-bag in, H. 114; chemical 

 constituents of, H. 114; parts of, 

 H. 109 ; singular mechanism of, 

 II. 112; use of the white of, H. 

 Ill; variety in the markings of 

 in the same species, II . 122. 



Egg-frame, H. 142, Jig. 



Egg-organ, H. 105 ; 11. 106, fig. 



Egg-shell, formation of, II. 119 



Eggs, colour of, H. 118 



Eggs, hatching of in dung, II. 142, 

 Jig. ; thirty-six hours after in- 

 cubation, H. 149, 150, Jigs.\ 

 twelve hours after incubation, 



H. 147, .fig. ? sixteen hours after 

 incubation, H. 148, Jig. ; four 

 days after incubation, II. 151, 

 fig. ; live days after incubation, 

 H. 152, Jig. ; six days after in- 

 cubation, H. 153, Jig. ; seven 

 days after incubation, H. 154, 

 Jig. ; eight days after incubation, 

 H. 154, Jig. ; fourteen days after 

 incubation, with half of the 

 vesicle, H. 158, Jig.; nine days 

 after incubation, turned to its 

 right side, H. 155, Jig. ; nine 



- days after incubation, H. 155, 

 Jig. ; ten days after incubation, 

 H. 156,,/zV/. ; fourteen days after 

 incubation, H. 158, Jig. ; eighteen 

 days after incubatkm, with the 

 vesicle removed, H. 160, Jig. ; 

 eighteen days after incubation, 

 H. 160, Jig. ; twenty days after 

 incubation, II. 162, Jig. ; position 

 of the chick, H. 164, 165, Jig. 



Eggs, fractured by the included 

 chick, H. 170,71/7. 



Egyptian egg-oven, transverse sec- 

 tion and elevation of, H. 137, 

 Jig. ; H. 136, fig. 



Eider-duck, A. 71 ; A. 76,,/ty. 



Ekstroem, M., his observations on 

 the birds of passage in Suder- 

 mania, F. 285 



Eli/mus arenarius, A. 78 



Elytra, H. 121 



Embankment on the Nile ascribed 

 to swallows, A. 95 



Emberiza,, A. 77 



Emberiza citrinella,A.3~Q ; A. 242, 

 254, 255 



Emberiza paradisea, H. 303 



Emberiza oryzivora, H. 302 



Emberiza Sc/iceniclus, A. 236, 237 



Embryo chick, H. 157, Jig. ; ab- 

 sorption of the egg-yolk into the 

 body of, H. Wl.jig. 



Embryo egg, H. 107; the principal 

 blood-vessels in, H. 15$, Jig. 



Embryo impregnated egg, II. 107, 

 Jig. 



Emeu, F. 129; its stomach opened, 

 F. 131, Jig. 



Enthusiasm, extraordinary, of Wil- 

 son, A . 5 



Epeira diadcma, H. 119; F.83 



Epliemeridce, H. 52 



Epidermis, II. 108, 112; F. 98 



JBt<7&tftt, H, 230, 239 



Erinaccus Europceus, F. 205 



Eriophoru'in polystachion, A. 270 



Eriogaster lanestris, F. 210 



Esculent swallow and nest, A. 301. 

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