INDEX. 



327 



Lfinius Collurlo, A. 3 ; H. 121, 324, 

 F. 181 



Lanius Excubitor, A. 3, 4, 5; H.257 



Lapwing, tame, F. 20:2 



Lark, solitary and gregarious, 11.65 



Larks, daring of, F. 2 



Laridce, Leach, A. 45; F. 86 



J.arus canus, F. 171 



Larynx, H. 227, 230, 232, 236 



Latham, opinion of respecting edi- 

 ble nests, A. 300 



J.ccanora virc.lla, A. 262 



Legends of the phoenix, probable 

 origin of, H. 356} fanciful ac- 

 counts of, H. 357 



J.cpas anatifera, Linnaeus, H. 375 



Lcpas plumata, H. 375 



Lepus cuniculus, A. 75 



Lesliea poly ant ha, A . 262 



Leskea scricea, A. 262 



Libellulidce, F. 182 



Life of the woodpecker compared 

 with that of the squirrel, A. 142 



Linaria Anqolensis, Brisson, H. 

 273 



Linaria linota, Cuvier, A. 244 ; H. 

 10 



Linnaeus, outline of the system of, 

 A. 12 



Little bustard, F. 128 



Localities chosen for nestling, A. 

 72 j by bottle-tit, A. 308 ; for the 

 song-thrush's nest, A. 127; chosen 

 by the chaffinch, A. 264; of the 

 nest of wood-wren, given by Mon- 

 tagu and Sweet, A. 321 ; of rook- 

 eries, A. 216 ; by the red-throated 

 humming-birds, A. 277 5 l>y water- 

 crow, A. 324 



Locomotion of birds, F. 212 



Locust-eating thrush, A. 224 



LoKum, A. 310 



Lophyrus cristatus, Vieillot, H.246 



Loon and coot, walk of, F. 219 



Lo.ria Benqalensis, A. 250 



J,oxia cardinalis, A. 384; H. 302 



Lovia curvirustra, H. 44 



Lo.ria pensilis, A. 224, 225 



Loxia soda, A. 228, 229 ; II. 54 



jMcanuscervus, Linn., A. 63 



Lumbrici, A. 64 



Lumbricus marinus, Linn., A. 103 



Macacus sylvanus, Lacepede, F. 



203 



Magpie and blackcap, H. 74 

 Magpie's egg, 11.130; nest of, A. 



325, '329, Jig. ; sociality of, A. 326 ; 



nost of in a gooseberry-bush, A. 



327 



Males, fightipg of, II. 88 

 Malleus, F. 30 



Mamestra Brassicce, F. 83 



Mandibles, mechanism of, F. 105 



Manes, H.229 



Man, hand of, F. 191 



Munis pmtadactyla, F. 123 



Marsden's opinion of the composi- 

 tion of the nest of the salangaiie, 

 A. 295 



Marsuplum, II. 19 



Maryland yellow- throat, A. 383, Jig. 



Maries abictum Ray, H. 248 



Meatus externus, F. 36 



Medicago sativa, A. 233 



Medusa, F. 169 



Meqachile muraria, A. 116 



Melolontha vulgaris, F. 177 5 H.206 



Mcmbrana nictitans, F. 4 



Membrane termed purse and comb, 

 F. 19 



Merqulus melanoleucus, Ray, A. 157 5 



F: 171 



Merops apiaster, A. 25, 333 

 Merops rufus, A. 131 ; F. 65 

 Merula vulgaris, Rav, A. 30, 129, 



130 



Migration of birds, F. 248; supposed 

 to the moon, F. 266; to other 

 countries, F. 268; Catesby's re- 

 marks on, F. 269 ; facts concern- 

 ing, F. 274; causes of, F. 278; ob- 

 servations of Temminck on, F. 

 281 ; of other continental writers 

 on, F. 285 

 Mimicry, H. 316 

 Mimosa pudica, F. 277 

 Miner lark, A. 58 

 Mining birds, A. 17 

 Mining of kingfisher, Belon's ac- 

 count of, A. 53 



Missel-thrush, crest of, A. 2W,ji<j. 

 Mocking-bird of America, H. 325 ; 

 A. 204, Jig. comparison of with 

 the nightingale, H. 332 

 Mocking-birds, H. 319 

 Moisture not always injurious to 



hatching, A. 62 

 Mole, eyes of, F. 20 

 Monboddo, fancy of, F. 192 

 Montagu's experiments, F, 235 

 Montagu's tame cormorant, F. 160 

 Motatilla alba, Linn., A. 242, 362 

 Motacilla dumestica, A. 349 

 Motacillana, Vigors, A. 323 

 Motacilla sutoria, Linn., A. 260 

 Mothers, artificial, H. 184 

 Musca carnaria, H. 26 

 Muscicapa cantatriv, A. 383 

 Muscicapa ccerulca, A. 383 

 Muscicapa crinita, A. 352 

 Muscicapa cristata, Latham, A. 252, 



253 

 Muscicapa grisola, F. 181 



