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INDEX. 



Tlato and Kuffon's remarks, F. 136 



Plectrum, II. 23? 



Ploccus tcxtor, Cuvier, A. 239 



I 1 lover, golden, watch of, II. 41 



Plumes of the heron used for orna- 

 ments, A. 183 



Poa, A. 310 



Poa maritima, A. 72 



Podargus auritus, II. 19,j%. 



Podictps minor, Latham, A. 68 



Pole-cat, skull of, F. 43, fig. 



Polyglot chat, H. 320, >#. 



Poli/podium vulgar e, A. 324 



Ponera contracta, Latreille, F. 212 



Pontia Brassier, F. 83 



Porthesia auriflua, A. 76 



Porthesia ckrysorrfuea, H. 65 



Preparation of mortar by swallows 

 according to Pluche 'and Gold- 

 smith, A. 99 



Procellaria capensis, F. 73 



Procellaria gigantea, Gmelin, F. 73 



Procellaria Fursteri, Latham, A. 33 



PsittatidcR, Leach, A. 352 ; H. 97 



Psittacus erithacus, H. 337 



Psittacus pullarius, H. 84 



Psittacus torquatus, Aldrovand, F. 

 99 



Ptarmigans, winter shelter of, F. 

 209 



Puffin, A. 17 ; A. 35, fig. ; said to 

 appropriate rabbit - burrows, A. 

 36; cunning of, A. 35 



Pujfinus Anglorum, Fleming, A. 33' 



Pulc.v irritans, A. 21 



Pulex Hlrundinis,A.22 



Pulverizing birds, H. 8 



Purple grakle and fish-hawks, so- 

 ciality of, A. 338 



Purple martins, A. 343, fig.-, Wil- 

 son's account of, A. 345 



Pyramidal nest of flamingo, A. 

 "118 



Pi/rrhula Enucleator, Temminck, 

 H. 300 



Pyrrhula vulgaris, Temminck, F. 

 185; A. 201,202 



Quadrupeds, analogy in, H. 21 



Quadrupeds and birds, male parents 

 of, H. 70 



Quadrupeds and insects, analogy 

 from, II. 56 



Quadrumana, Blumcnbach, F. 183 



Quails, king of, H. 43 



Quantity of materials very various 

 A. 20 



Quarters, shifting, and sub-colo- 

 nies, A. 22 



Quinary system, by Vigors, A. 15 



Quiscalus versicolor, liouau,, A. 

 129,183,338,339 



Rails, walk of, F. 220 



Ralfidce, Leach, F. 220 



Rallus crepitans, A. 322 



Rallus Virginianus, A. 66 ; A. 65, 



66 



Ramalinafraxinea, A. 210 

 RamphaitidcB, A. 132 

 Rampkastos, F. 87 

 Ramphastos erythrorhynehut, F. 65 

 Rampkastos picatus, F. 87 

 Ramphastos toco, A. 133 

 ftflsore.?, Illiger, 11.90; F. 112 

 Ratisbon nightingale, II. 335 

 Rats, a colony of foreign ones, A. 



353 

 Raven, battles of puffin with, A. 37 ; 



gizzard of, F. 153; pelican and 



the eagle, II . 345 

 Reaumur's stove hatching house, 



II. 137, Jig. 



Reaumur on rump gland, II . 4 

 Reaumur and Spallanzani's ex- 

 periments, F. 139 

 Recording of birds, H. 269 

 Recurvirostra avocetta, Gesner, F. 



106 

 Recurvirostra Americana, Pennant, 



F. 107 

 Redbreast's nest at Christmas, A. 



81 ; fanciful account of nest, 81 ; 



nest of, A. 83, Jig. ; remaining 



near houses in summer, A. 8'i 

 Red-eyed fly- catcher, nest of, A. 



279 

 Red-headed woodpecker, caution of, 



A. 149 ; A. 150, Jig. 

 Redi's anecdote, F. 1 1 1 

 Red-throated humming-bird, A. 



277,>'<7. 



Red-winged starling, A. 207 

 Reed-bunting, nest of, A. i 2S'l, 

 Reed warbler, nest of, A. 233 ; A,; 



234,^. ; from Bolton, A. 235',,/i'y. 

 Requlus cri status, Rav, H. 4'J, 208 



A. 317, 318 



Requisites of a bird's nest, A. 60 

 Kest of birds, F. 227 

 Rhea nandu, Vieillot, F. 132 

 Rhondella rubecula, F. 8 

 Rhynchaspis vlypeata, Leach, F. 



100, 103 



Rhi/nchops nigra, F. 107 

 Rice bird, migration of, F. 271 

 llichel bird, 11.247 - 

 Ringdove, platform nest of, A. 157 

 Ring-necked swallow, barricade of, 



A. 92 



Ring paroquet, teeth of, F. 99, /fry. 

 Ripcecola salicaria, H. 318, 319 ' 

 Rites of the Javanese, in refer- 

 ence to the nests of salangane, 



A, 294 



