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INDEX. 



Valenciennes and Reimvardt, opi- 

 nions of, on edible nests, A. 301 



Vanellus cristatvs, Meyer, F. 203 



Vanessa Urticce, F. 210 



Variation in building of the griffard, 



. A. 168 



Variations in the mode of building 

 of bullfinch, A. 201 



Variations in nestling, illustrated 

 in the song-sparrow, A. 84 



Variety in the language of birds, 

 H. 252 



Variety in the localities chosen by 

 the house-sparrow, A. 318 



Variety in the materials employed 

 in the nest of chiff-chaff, A. 314 



Ventrii:ulus callosus, F. 113 



Veronic.ce, F. 182 



Vertebra', H. 149, 151 



Vibrisscp, H. 1? ; F. 181 



Vicq d'Azyr and Barclay, opinions 

 of concerning the rest of birds, 

 F. 229 



Vieillot and Tcmminck's mistake 

 respecting pigeons, H. 193 



Vigors's Quinary system, A. 15 



Virey, Dr., his view of the differ- 

 ences between instinct and rea- 

 son, F. 305. 



Viola tricolor, H. 118 



Virginian rail, A. 66, Jig.; care of, 

 to keep its eggs dry, A. 65 



Via rum allenus, F. 115 



Vocal organs, H. 225, 235, 283 



Vulture, bearded eagle, or lammer 

 gcyer, H. 361, Jig. 



Vultures, king of, H. 46, Jig. 



Wagtail and sandpiper, H. 52 

 Walking of birds, F. 213 

 "Warnings of danger, H.218 

 Washing among young birds, H. 11 

 Washington, bird of, A. 177 

 Water-crow, nest of, described by 



Montagu, A. 325 

 Weaver oriole, A. 239 

 Wheatear a solitary bird, H. 67 

 Whip-poor-will, female and young 



one, A. 3&2, t /ig. 

 Whip-poor-will, Wilson's account 



of, A. 361 



Whiskers of birds, F. 181 

 White's account of the miningof the 



bank-swallow corrected, A. 18 

 White's denial of sociality of the 



bank-swallow corrected by facts, 



A. 24 

 White-headed eagle and fish-hawk, 



H. 73, Jig. ; fishing of, F. 165 

 While, mistake of, corrected by 



facts, A, 102 



White-throat, nest of, A, 232 



Wild swan, Aldrovand's account of, 

 H.231; another, discovered by 

 Win gate, H. 233 ; keel-bone of 

 opened to show the trachea, 11. 

 232, jig. 



Wild turkey, H. 86 



Wild turkey and young, H. 87, Jig* 



Wild turkeys, roosts of, H. 89 



Willet, A. 63,./ty. 



Willughby and Ray, outline of the 

 systems of, A. 10 



Willughby on rump gland, H. 3 



Wilson's account of the downy 

 woodpecker, A. 145 



Wilson's account of the orchard 

 starling, A. 2.'jtj 



Wilson's history of a wounded 

 woodpecker, A. 144 



Window -swallow, A. 109, Jig. ; ma- 

 sonry of, A. 103 



Winter and autumnal songs, H. 267 



Woodpeckers misrepresented by 

 Button, A. 140 



Woodpecker, tongue of, F. 89, Jig. 



Wood-thrush and song-thrush, II. 

 291 



Wood-thrush, II. 292, Jig. 



Wood-wren, experiments with the 

 eggs of, H. 145 



Workmanship of birds' nests com- 

 pared with moss egg-baskets, A. 

 263 



Woven lining of chaffinch's nest, 

 A. 243 



Wren, a king bird, II. 49 ; lining of 

 the nest of, A. 311 ; nest of, A. 

 310, Jig. ; roosting of, II. 62 



Wryneck, tongue of, F. 91 ; head 

 and tongue of, F. 93, Jig. 



Wryneck and nuthatch, A. 135 



Yellow-bellied woodpecker, A. 149, 



Yellowbird, nest of, A. 280 



Yellowhammer, nest of, A. 254 ; A. 

 255, Jig. 



Young birds are inferior in work- 

 manship, A. 275 



Young birds, training of by their 

 parents, H.212 



Young cuckoo, A. 358, Jig. ; Mon- 

 tagu's description of, A. 357 

 taken for a night-jar, A. 360 



Young eagles, training of, H. 212 



Young, eating of, illustration from 

 the sow and cat, A. 371 



Yunx turquilla, A. 135 ; F. 91 



Zanthcumia solstitialis, II. 17 



