

INDEX. 



Toft 



Birds, migrations of 10 



B mode of flying - - - - - 5 



. singing of - - . 12 



. structure of- - - - - -7 



. sight of, more strong than that of other animals - 8 



. their attachment to their offspring - - 15 



. . their defence of their young - - - - 16 



. . their plumage - 4 

 . . . various food of - IS 

 Blackbird, the, description of - 280 

 easily brought up - - - 288 

 its curious nest - - - 281 

 Blackburn, Mr. his letter to Mr. Pennant on passenger pi- 

 geons - *' - - - 345 

 Bluebird, the, description of - 283 

 Bruce, Mr. his description of a bearded eagle - - 61 

 Buffon, M. de, his remarks on the canary ... 225 

 . , . ' . . on the cassowary - 35 



. . i -' . on the eagle - - 52 

 on the falcon - - '69 



'... on the fieldfare - - 278 



. , _ . . . on the hoopoe 202 



.'" . . 'I* ' on the mountain sparrow - 277 



. . . on a tame buzzard 71 



. V . , ... on the thrush - ' / ' 207 



v- .... on the toucan ... iS9 



.... on the wag-tail - - 24-4 

 Bullfinch, the, description of i . v . -31? 

 . . .its docility - . . 313 



its personal attachment - - . 319 



Bustard, the, description of ._ 333 



... . difference between male and female - - 333 



. ' .its friendship for the horse 334 



; . . its utility, &c. - - 335 



i*" ^ . particular species of - . 336 



Buteher-bird, the, description of - 79 



. ... .its affection towards its young - - 83 



