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INDEX. 



European basket-making birds, A. 



214 



Eustuchian tube, F. 39 

 Excavations of downy woodpecker, 



dim-lion of, A. 148 

 Experiments with eggs of various 



sizes, A. 375 



Experiment of Dr. Tenner, A. 372 

 Experiments of J. R., F. 81 

 External ear, F. 33 

 Eye-brush, (membrana nictitans,^) 



F. 4 



Eyes in birds, size of, F. 21 

 Eyes, ointment of, F. 3 



Falco czsalon, Temminck, A. 359 



Falco cyaneus, Linnaeus, A. 87 



Falco s'parverius, F. 147 ; H. 323 



Falco tinnunculus, Ray, H. 19, 326 ; 

 F. 167 



Falco JFashingtoniensis, Audubon, 

 A. 177 



Falconidce, Leach, A. 167, 177 



Famine of rooks in dry weather, F. 

 175 



Fauvette and blackcap, F. 134; 

 feeding of young, H. 189 



Felis catus, Linnaeus, F. 201 



Fells cervaria, Temminck, F. 2 



Felis domestica, H.58 



Felis l;/n,r, Linn. F. 2 



Felis inaniculata, F. 201 



Fcnestra ovalit, F. 36 



Felting, principles of the process 

 of, A. 265 



Felt-work of capocier, nest of, A. 

 283 



Female birds rarely sing, H. 260 



Filtering mechanism in bill" of 

 birds, F. 103 



Finger, nerves of, F. 192 



Fishes, swimming-bladder of, F.232 



Fish-hawk and white-headed eagle, 

 H. 13, fig. 



Fishing-cormorants, F. 162 



Flamingo, A. 119, Jig. ; accounts 

 of, by Catesby and Descourtilz, 

 A. 120 ; account of, by Dam- 

 pier, A 119. 



Flamingo and stilt, F. 225 



Flamingo, head and tongue of, F. 

 96, Jig. 



Flight, muscles of, F. 244; com- 

 mencement of, F. 242 ; wings 

 and tails as organs of, F. 241 



Flowers, shells, and spiders, in- 

 stances of the use of colours 

 from, H. 119 



Flycatchers, A. 352 



Flycatcher, F. 181 



Flying-fish, II. 378 



Flying similar to swimming, F. 244 



Folliculus neris, H. 114 



Footless birds, F. 213 



Foot the centre of gravitation, A, 



107 



Formica flava, F. 211 

 Formica rufa, F. 212 

 Foster-nestlings, disappearance of, 



A. 366 



Fox, skull of, F. 46,/. 

 Fratercula arctica, Brisson, A. 33, 

 34, 35, 36 

 French, Oliver, his opinions with 



respect to instinct, F. 301 

 Fringilla canaria, A. 270, 271 

 Fringilla chloris, Temminck, II. 



128,281; H. 21,202; A. 244 

 Fringilla cyanea, Linnaeus, A. 211 

 Fringilla melodia, A. 84, 85 ; H. 302 

 Fringilla palustris, A. 85 

 Fringilla passerina, A. 36 

 Fringilla serena, Illiger, H. 44 

 Fringilla spiza, F. 182 ; H.202, 20? 

 Fringilla socialis, A. 383 

 Fringilla undulata, Pallas, H. 44 

 Fruyilegus, F. 180 

 Fruqivora, F. 180 

 Fruit-eating birds, F. 82 

 Fulica atra, F. 220 

 Furcula, H. 235 



Gallinee, F. 226 



Galen's kid, F. 76 



Gallinula cJiloropus, Linnaeus, H. 

 216 



Gallium Aparine, A. 232 



Gallus ecaudatus, Temminck, II. 5 



Garrulus cristatus, Brisson, A. 

 197, 198, 200 ; H. 2, 323 



Garrulus glandarius, Brisson, A. 198 



Gastric glands, F. 129 



Geotrupes stercorarius, A. 64 



Gizzard, action of, F. 118 



Gizzard of raven, F. 153 ; in the 

 swan, F. 128 ; showing internal 

 structure, F. 113, Jia. ; stones in, 

 F. 122 . 



Glottis, II. 225, 228, 237 



Glottis inferior, H. 230 < 



Glottis superior, H. 230 



Glow-worm, grub, devouring a 

 snail, II . 26, Jig.; analogy from, 

 H. 23 ; using its cleaning instru- 

 ment, H. 25, Jig. 



Goerius olens, H. 22 



Golden-crested wren, A. 3\1,Jig. ; 

 structure of nest of, accommo- 

 dated to shelter, A. 317 



Golden eagle, A. 175, Jig. ; nest of 

 one in Derbyshire, A. 172; de- 

 scriptions of, from various au- 

 thors, A. 173; eye of, F. 5 



Goldfinch, nest of, A. 2W,Jin. ; not, 



