INDEX. 



325 



as alleged, lined with thistle- 

 down, A. 268 

 Goldfinch, aberdevine, and canary, 



H. 78 

 Goldsmith's account of magpie's 



nest, A. 328 



Gonepteryx Rhamni, F. 210 

 Good (Dr. M.) on the redbreast, 



corrected, A. 82. ; observations on 



instinct by, F. 292, 299 

 Goose, proverbial quick hearing of, 



F. 29 



Goose and swan's stomach, F. 12? 

 Grakles, separate colonies of, A. 



339 



Grallatores, Illiger, F. 106 ; F. 225 

 Granivorous birds, F. 110 

 Greenfinch, nest of, A. 244, fig. ; 



nest of, according toMontbeillard, 



A. 245 



Green tody, a mining bird, A. 57 

 Gregarious birds, H. 27 

 Grey-headed sparrows, H. 350 

 Griffard, or martial eagle, A. 167 

 Grimpeurs, Lacepede, F. 226 

 Grosbeak, sociable, of Africa, H.54 

 Guinea parrot, anecdote of, H. 84 

 Gypaetos barbatus. Storr, H. 9, 359 ; 



F. 19 



Habits of redbreasts, Grahame's 



sketch of, A. 84 ; of missel thrush, 



A. 211 

 Hair, structure of, according to M. 



Blainville and Dr. Bostock, A.266 

 Hairs of bat, mole, and hamster- 



mouse, A. 2&7,Jig. 

 Hairy woodpecker, A. 148, fig. 

 Halcyon, fabulous account of, from 



Pliny, A. 46 

 Halictus, A. 36 

 Haliaetus albicilla, Savigny, H. 



200; A. 168; F. 7 

 Haliaetus blagrus, Savigny, F. 166 

 Haliaetus leucocephalits, Savigny, 



A. 168, 169 ; H. 73 ; F. 7, 165 

 Haliaetus vocifer, Savigny, F. 7 ; 



F. 166 

 Halcyon's nest, Plutarch's account 



of, A. 50 

 Halcyon, supposed to be a bird of 



song, A. 47 

 Hancock, Dr., his opinions on in- 



stinct, F. 303 



Hand, muscles of, F. 194, /ty. 

 Hare, form of, F. 216; skull of, F. 



Hartley, opinion of, on instinct, F. 



301 

 Hatching, artificial, in Egypt, H. 



133; facts observed in, II. 132; 



in a bakehouse, II. 144 



Hatching-room over the bakehouse 



ovens, H. 144, Jig. 

 Hat-making, process of, A. 267 

 Haunts and nest of the red-winged 

 starling described by Wilson, 

 A. 208 



Haustellum, A. 94 

 Hay-bird, nest of, A. 3}5,Jig. 

 Heat and cold, effects of, F. 197 

 Heat, sense of, F. 197 

 Hedge-sparrow and wagtail, nests 



of, A. 242 



Hedge-hog, winter nest of, F. 205 

 Heliotropium annuum, F. 285 

 Helix aspersa, F. 205 

 Helix hortensis, H. 120 

 Helix nemoralis, Miiller, II. 119, 



120; F.205 ' 



Heliv pomatia, Linnaeus, F. 204 

 Hemicrania, F. Ill 

 Hen-birds devouring their own 



eggs, A. 370 



Herbert's remarks, F. 126; testi- 

 mony of Colonel O'Kelly's grey 

 parrot, H. 338 

 Herodotus' account of the phoenix, 



H. 351 



Heron, A. 87, fig. ; its building on 

 the ground, A. 88 ; fishing of, F. 

 169; and nightjar, claws of, H. 

 14 ; misery of, according to Buffon, 

 F. 170; platform- builders, A. 184 

 Heronries now in Britain, A. 186 

 Heronry and rookery in Westmore- 

 * land,' A. 187 

 Hirnantopus melanopterus, Meyer, 



F. 225 

 Himantopus Mexicanus, Brisson, A. 



69,70 



Hirundinidcz, A. 223 

 Hirundo apus, Linnaeus, F. 215 

 Hirundo Cayenensis, Latham, A. 92 

 Hirundo esculenta, Latham, A. 288 

 Hirundo fulva, Vieillot, A. 97, 98 

 Hirundo pelasgia, A. 349 

 Hirundo purpurea, Latham, A. 342, 



348 

 Hirundo riparia, Pliny, A. 18 ; A. 



333; H. 54,61 



Hirundo rufa, Gmelin, A. 110 

 Hirundo rustica, Pliny, H. 20 ; A. 



299; A. 96, 110, 112_ 

 Hirundo torquata, A . 352 

 Hirundo urbica, A. 96, 103, 109, 



348 ; A. 296, 335 

 Holcus lanatus, A. 309 

 Holes of bank- swallow are cir- 

 cular, A. 20 

 Holes sometimes abandoned, A. 



21 



Horned owl, head of, F. 40, Jig. ; 

 skull of, F. 4 



