446 



INDEX. 



Swallow's nest in abell,andin a lamp, 

 250 



courage, 251 



suit their nests to circum- 

 stances, 253 



nests eatable, 253 



scarcity of them in late 



years, 257 



Swan, strength of, 365 



black, 366 



Swiftness of Ostriches, 301 



flight, how calculated, 73 



Swimming Hen, 285 



Tables of Classification, 9 



utility of them, 24 



Tame Hawks, 142 



Partridge, 293 



Raven in wild state, 188 



Woodpecker, 273 



Tanagers, 173 



Tantalus, 328 



Tenuirostral tribes, of Passerine or- 

 der, 262 



Tenuirostres, or slender-billed, of or- 

 der Waders, 333 



Tern, habits of the, 397 



Thrush tribe, 166 



feeds a Blackbird, 170 : feeds 



a Cuckoo, 171 



feeding on shell-fish, 169 



Titmouse found at sea, 77 



nest of the, 232 



Todus viridis, 262 



Tongue of the Wryneck, 275 



Toucan-bill, 31 



- mode of killing small birds, 



32 



- singular position while asleep, 



37 

 Tracheas, or windpipes, of Duck 



tribes, 56 

 Trap for Eagles, 110 



Goshawks, 133 



Sparrow-Hawks, 136 



Tree-Creeper, 264 



Tropic Bird lives almost always on 



wing, 79 

 Turkey, wild, anecdote of the, 290 



and Partridge associate, 291 



Cock rearing young ones, 292 



Turks' veneration for Storks, 319 

 Turtles, migration of, 86 



Voice of birds, 56, 61 



Voracity of some birds, 43, 317, 326 



Vulture floating on a corpse, 103 



particulars of, 113 



mode of catching in South 



America, 117 

 voracity of, 117 



Wagtail's nest in a brass-foundry, 233 

 a boat, 234 



Warblers, 232 

 Warmth of Birds, 46, 54 

 Water-Crow walking underwater, 72 

 Hen, account of, 305 



Washington, Bird of, 107 

 Wedge-billed birds, or Cuneirostral, 



269 



Weight, comparative, of Birds, 71 

 Windows, how to prevent Swallows 



building near, 257 

 Wing-bones described, 38 

 Winter, hard, favourable to insects, 



200 



Wire- worms, destroyed by Rooks, 198 

 Woodcocks breed in Scotland, 340 



" migration of, 342 



rapid flight proved, 343 

 method of catching them, 



345 



- supposed to remove their 



young, 340 

 Wood-Pigeon, 281 

 Woodpecker, 269 



tame, 273 



Wrens, 232 



Wryneck, tongue of the, 275 



Young birds carried off by the old 

 ones, 334, 340, 341, 421 



THE END. 



