INDEX. 



Affectionate disposition of the 

 Ostrich, 300 



of a Duck, 371 



of Geese, 358 



of Stork and 



Crane, 321 



of Chickens and 



Cat, 358 

 Age of Goldfinches, 221 

 Air Cells in Birds, use of, 35, 52 54 

 Albatross lives almost always on the 



wing, 78 

 wandering habits of the, 



414 



nest of the, 415, 431 



American, South, Goat-Sucker, de- 

 scribed, 259 



Anastomus or open-beak, 328 



Anhinga, or Darter, 395 



Anis, 269 



Annual return of Birds to the South 

 Stack, 90, 404 



Assemblages of Crows and other 

 birds, 131, 192, 322 



Attachment of birds to men and 

 animals, 353 



Avoset, beak of the, 333 



Barn-Owl, habits of the, 150, 155 



Bee-Eater, 264 



Bell Bird, 59 



Benefits derived from Rooks, 196 



and injuries by small birds, 



229 



Bird-catchers employ Owls, 155 

 Bird-catching in Shetland and St. 



Kilda, 433 

 Birds, their situation in the natural 



division of the animal kingdom, 5 

 Bittern, light in the breast of, 317 

 Blackbird crowing like a Cock, 57 



fed by a Thrush, 170 



Bones of birds, 34 



Box, feeding, for Pheasants, 287 



Breast-bone, 37 



light in that of an 



American Bittern, 317 



Breathing, 52 



Breeding Pheasant with Poultry, 



285 



Bullfinches, how taught to pipe, 222 

 Burrowing Owl described, 156 

 Bustards taken by Hawks, 123 



courage of the, 284 



pouch of the, 299 



Butcher-Bird, habits of the, 159 



Canada Geese, 356, 359 

 Canaries, history of, and trade in , 2 2 1 

 Cancroma, or Boat-bill, 329 

 Caprimulgus, Goat-Sucker, 259 

 Carrier- Pigeon, its rapid flight, and 



how used, 75, 279 

 Cassowary, 302 



Cat and Pigeon, anecdote of, 382 

 Chickens, anecdote of, 385 



Catching Wood-Pigeons, mode of, 



280, 281 

 Caverns filled with Swallows' eatable 



nests, 254 



Certhia, or Tree-Creeper, 264 

 Chavana Fidele, capacity for filling 



itself with air, 54 

 Children, instances of, carried off by 



Eagles, 96 



Chinese management of Ducks, 368 

 Cormorants, 



Chough, or Red-legged Crow, 204 

 Cinereous Crow, depredations of the, 



206 



Classification, Tables of, 9 

 Claw of the Goat-Sucker, why 



toothed, 260 



serrated, of the Heron, 315 



Cock, barn-door, courage of, 282 

 Cold, capacity of birds for enduring 



severe, 47 



Colour of plumage, changes in, 68 

 Condor, contest with a man, 118 

 Constancy of Magpies and other 



birds, 324 

 Consumption of food by small birds, 



230 



