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INDEX. 



Coots, nest of, 309 

 Cormorants, habits of, 389 



trained as fishing-birds 



by the Chinese, 388 



- weight of, 390 



- where differing from the 



Frigate- Bird, 393 

 Corn- Crake, 313 



found dormant, 244 



Cotinga, 173 



Courage of Swallows, 251 



Cnmes, 315 



anecdote of a lame, 332 



Crocodile, birds feed in mouth of, 337 

 Cross-Bill, beak described, 28 



peculiarities of the, 195 



Crows, 189 



harassing the Gulls at the 



South Stack, 433 

 Cuckoos, 269 



Golden, 25 



fed by a Thrush, 171 



Cultrirostral, cutting-billed birds, 315 

 Cimeirostral, wedge-billed birds, 269 



Dangerous instinct of Herons and 



Bitterns in darting at the eye, 327 

 Dardanelles, incessant flight of a 



species of Petrel on the, 81 

 Dates of the arrival and departure 



of certain birds, 90 

 Desertion of young, instances of, 1 80, 



424 



Desperate leap of a Bird-catcher, 438 

 Digestive organs, 42 

 Divers, 421 

 Dodo, 304 



Dormancy of birds considered, 242 

 Ducks' bills described, 29 



occasional long flights of, 76 



Chinese management of, 368 



aifection of, 371 



nest of Wild, 370 



Eider, how to obtain the 



down, 373 



Indian mode of catching, 374 



Shooters, adventures of, 375 



Mexican, 379 



-decoy, 380 



- cunning in eluding pursuers, 



381 

 Dunlin, nest and eggs, 335 



Eagles, various particulars respect- 

 ing them, 93 



carrying off children, 96 



Egg of the Cuckoo, why laid in small 

 birds' nests, 272 



Eggs of Nightingales carried, 341 



Emu, 302 



Eye, insects flying in the, 248 



Herons and Bitterns dangerous 



to the, 327 



Falcon, Iceland, valuable, 124 



Falconry, 125 



attempted revival in Eng- 

 land, 128 



Familiarity of Crows, anecdote of, 191 



Fasting powers of birds, 51 



Fatal event to a family of Sea- 

 fowlers, 439 



Feathers of Eagles prized, 111 



rapid growth of, 225 



Feats of Bird-catchers, 436 



Feeding, Thrush's mode of, 168 



Feeding-box for Pheasants, 287 



Fieldfare, 167 



Finches, family of, 217 



Flamingo, or Phoenicopterus, 330 



singularity of its bill, 330 



numerous on the coast of 



Africa, 332 

 Flight, difficulties connected with, 3 

 of birds, 70, 75 



Fly-catchers, 171 



Food consumed by small birds, 230 



Fowl, singular contents of the 



stomach of a, 50 

 Frigate-Bird lives almost always on 



the wing, 79 



Frost favourable to insects, 200 

 Frozen, birds occasionally, 139 

 Fulmars, 416 



Gallinaceous, Poultry tribe, 276 

 Gallinula, Water Hen, 305 

 Gannet, 53 



use of its horny mask, 53 



mode of catching, 53 



nests, 394 



Gastric juice, 46 



Geese, rearing of, profitable, 350 



management of them in Lin- 



colnshire, 350 



